Dated at
1550, it was the inside patio of the mansión of Gabriel Zaporta who was an
important businessman of Jewish origin. The infant in question was the widowed sister-in-law
of King Carlos III, María Teresa de
Vallabriga, who returned to live as a widow in Zaragoza from 1785 onwards in
the Zaporta mansion.
The mansion
wasn’t originally where the patio is now. After several fires it was knocked
down in 1903. Only the door and the patio were saved. They were acquired by a
French antiquarian who took them to Paris and made a shop in them. Ibercaja
savings bank bought the patio back in 1957, but it wasn’t until 1980 that it
was installed in the modern building of the bank.
It’s
amazing! Open to the public. A few years ago they installed an organ which had
been rescued and restored, and they hold concerts there; the patio has been
enclosed with a glass roof, and there are tapestries lining the outer walls.
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