Casa de Carta (monument)

Casa de Carta is one of the homes that anchors the Museo de Historia y Antropología de Tenerife, and it is recognised as a Bien de Interés Cultural, in the category of Monumento. The building belongs to the rural world of the hacienda de los Guerra, and it later passed into the hands of Captain Matías Rodríguez Carta, who acquired it in 1726. What you’re facing is a two-storey house organised around two patios. In front, a crenellated wall frames the approach to a gateway with a triple crenellation and a cross, leading into a passage preceded by a semi-circular stone arch. The main patio is paved with losa chasnera, while three sides carry an abalustraded parapet, supported by timber posts and finished with cornices and gargoyles at the corners. …

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