It is a modernist palace built at the beginning of the 20th century. It is located at the Tajo's edge, at the heart of the historical city quarter of Ronda. It belonged to the Granada family, which gave it as last will to the Salesian Priest Order as nursing home of old and ill priests.
..It has got a nice courtyard, decorated with arab style ceramics and a very complete collection of regional ceramics.It is also advisable to see its 19th century tapestries and its walnut furniture..
The gardens are very interesting, due to its placement, being one authentical balcony on to the Serrania.
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The House of St. John Bosco was constructed at the start of the 20th century. It is a small palace with a modernist style and it belonged to a family from Granada, who later donated it to the Salesian Order as a retirement home for priests and sick people. The building has a beautiful patio decorated in the Mudejar style and has many ceramics of the area.
There are tapestries dating to the 19th century and furniture made from walnut, with an outstanding fireplace. The garden is beside the gorge of the Tajo and one has a very good view of the New Bridge. The garden is beautiful and has a wonderful setting.
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The bridge was started in 1751 and took 42 years to build. Fifty workers were killed during its construction. There is a chamber above the central arch that was used for a variety of purposes, including as a prison.
During the 1936-1939 civil war both sides allegedly used the prison as a torture chamber for captured opponents, killing some by throwing them from the windows to the rocks at the bottom of the El Tajo gorge.
The chamber is entered through a square building that was once the guard-house. It now contains an exhibition describing the bridge's history and construction.
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