Casa Torres

The house is the prototype of the two-story urban manor house, common in Teguise.

It has two floors and a central patio. Its oven stone ceilings between tea beams, are festooned by three rows of tiles. 

It has two rooms with wooden floors that stand out in the house: one on the ground floor and another on the second whose The ceiling is made of oven stone between tea beams. 

The kitchen, on the ground floor and facing the central patio, retains its original fireplace, which  it is about three meters high and combines octagonal and cubic shapes. 

The descent to the basement is typical of a fortress, with dark colors, sober, rough wood, a decorative figure with a circle iron and a crucifix in the middle, symbol of the Inquisition. It has narrow loopholes with carved edges and preserves all the original structure of the walls, with stone from the area, and perfectly aligned on straight walls.  The facade is finished off with some typical planters and its cover has a stone staircase.

It has, at least, two  cisterns

This house, which belonged to the priest D. Bartolomé Torres in the 18th century, was sold to a German film director who has undertaken its restoration respecting all its architectural elements.

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