The General Archive of the Indies, in Seville, was created to store in one place all documents related to the administration of the Spanish colonies. It was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1987.
The General Archive of the Indies (Archivo General de Indias) in Seville, Spain was founded by King Charles III of Spain in 1785. He did so with the aim of having control over all documents in the administration of the Spanish colonies in one place.
The Casa Lonja de Mercaderes, from the sixteenth century, was chosen as the headquarters of the administration and still fulfills this purpose. In 1987 it was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, along with the Seville Cathedral and the Alcazar of Seville. There are here more than forty-three thousand files with more than eighty million pages and about eight thousand drawings and maps of the different administrations of the Spanish colonies. Among other things, there are handwritten documents of Christopher Columbus, Magellan and Pizarro.
The building has beautiful architectural details, a large patio and a particularly outstanding staircase.
Undoubtedly, the General Archive of the Indies in Seville is one of the places you should visit when spending your holiday in the city.
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