Public building · Segovia

Real Casa de la Moneda

Today: Real Casa de la Moneda de Segovia, Segovia

Place: Segovia
Kind: Public building
Built: 1583 to 1588
What remains: Standing
Visiting: Open to visit

The mint that Felipe II ordered built in 1583 on the bank of the Eresma, to strike coins with machines driven by water wheels, the first mechanised mint in Spain. Juan de Herrera designed it and it went up between 1583 and 1588 around two courtyards that take up the slope, with slate roofs; the first coin was struck in 1586. Coining ended in 1869, it was a flour mill from 1879 to 1968, and the museum has been open to the public since June 2012.

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