Public building · Sevilla

Lonja de Mercaderes

Today: Archivo General de Indias, Sevilla

Place: Sevilla
Kind: Public building
Built: 1583 to 1646
What remains: Standing
Visiting: Not checked

The merchants' exchange that Felipe II wanted built to plans by Juan de Herrera, with work begun in 1583 and finished in 1646. It is a square building 56 metres on a side, with two vaulted floors around a central courtyard. In 1785 it became the Archivo General de Indias, which still occupies it, and UNESCO listed it in 1987 together with the cathedral and the Real Alcázar.

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