Casa de la Vall
Historic building in Andorra la Vella, Andorra
Casa de la Vall is a historical house in Andorra la Vella , Andorra . It is former headquarters of the General Council of Andorra . It lies just to the southwest of the Andorra National Library . It is a heritage property registered in the Cultural Heritage of Andorra . [1]
It was built in 1580 as a manor and tower defense by the Busquets family . In 1702, it was acquired by the Consell de la Terra . [2]
The floor of the building is rectangular. The structure has two floors. A tower in the shape of a dovecote stands in a corner. In the gardens of the building is the sculpture, designed by Francesc Viladomat , La Danse .
The ground floor is for the administration of justice with the court room. On the first floor, the main floor of the family home, is the Council Chamber, a chapel dedicated to St. Ermengol and the "closet of the seven keys" which are stored historical documents such as the Manual Digest and Politar Andorrà . The cabinet has a lock for each of the parishes of Andorra. The second floor housed, until the beginning of the nineties, the Postal Museum of Andorra , which was dismantled to provide meeting space for the Comissió Tripartida , in charge of drafting the Constitution of Andorra in 1993.
At the door of the house is the Busquets coat of arms along with the coat of arms of Andorra .
Casa de la Vall is depicted on the Andorran 1 euro coin .
Literature
- Diccionari Enciclopèdic d'Andorra , Àlvar Valls Oliva, Fundació Crèdit Andorrà, Andorra la Vella 2006, ISBN 978-99920-1-629-9
References
- ↑ "Casa de la Vall" . Cultural Heritage of Andorra . Archived from the original on 9 September 2012 . Retrieved 2 December 2011 .
- ↑ "Casa de la Vall" . Government of Andorra . Retrieved 2 December 2011 .
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42°30′24″N 1°31′14″E / 42.50667°N 1.52056°E / 42.50667; 1.52056
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