Casa de las Columnas

Casa de las Columnas stands in Seville’s Triana neighbourhood, near Santa Ana, Altozano, and the Castillo de San Jorge. The building now houses municipal offices, a public library, and rooms for community activities. These spaces host meetings, exhibitions, workshops, conferences, and cultural events for local participation.

Priest Fernando Narbona built the house around 1780 on the approximate site of a vanished chapel. A wooden cross in the garden marked where the chapel’s tabernacle once stood. After church properties were confiscated and sold, Rafael González Abreu acquired it with other houses on Betis Street. During the twentieth century, several families shared the building as communal housing. By 1973, severe deterioration had forced the residents to leave.

Seville City Council bought the remaining structure in 1984 for twelve million pesetas. Restoration work began in March 1987 and finished in summer 1989. A private residence, communal home, and civic centre now trace three distinct chapters of Triana’s urban history.