Dating from the seventeenth century, construction was completed in 1670; it was the marriage union between Juana Nieto and Juan de Castro Bazo & Merino in 1657 that gave rise to the building, employing the best carpenters of that time.

Amongst its most distinguished owners, are the Colonel Pedro Méndez de Castro, the Governor and Captain Francisco de Fonseca (1715-1719) and Alonso de Fonseca & Mesa who as a Captain, defended the port of Santa Cruz of Tenerife, against Nelson’s attack in 1797. 

The present owners’ ancestors, the family Schönfeldt Machado, acquired the property from the heirs of the industrialist Antonio Diaz Flores & Cartaya. 

A visit to the museum, located on the top floor and accessed by a curious spiral stairway, is obligatory to relive the former times of a family from that period. 

Furnished as it was originally, the lounges receive direct sunlight through the great balcony and exterior windows.  Furniture and objects from that time are a reflection of the comfortable but not ostentatious position the owners once enjoyed.

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