Ethnographic Museum Casa Rull Photo: Ethnographic Museum Casa Rull

Ethnographic Museum Casa Rull is one of famous cultural attractions of Andorra, which attracts tourists from all over the world. This institution is located in the village of Sispony a few kilometers from La Massana.

To preserve the history of their country, Joseph Parrish, Puigcerda decided to give your old house Casa Rull under the ethnographic Museum. This initiative was supported by local authorities.

At the time, the Casa Rull, built in the XVII century, was one of the richest families of the parish of La Massana. In connection with the expansion of the family and its growth needs, the house was renovated and expanded, added balconies and partially modified the main facade. In XIX century Casa Rull suffered from a fire, which badly damaged the attic space. But soon the house underwent reconstruction with a partial plan changes.

The four-storey building of the ethnographic Museum has the shape of a rectangle. The main facade of the Museum is decorated with two shed. Additional decoration of the house are the main door, decorated arch, and three small Windows with wrought iron railings.

Initially on the first floor there was a balcony, but in the first half of the twentieth century it was dismantled and replaced two Windows, designed in the French style. The first floor was designed for utility rooms. It is here that housed the shop for tools, meat and wine cellars and a kitchen with two ovens. It was also allotted space for two bedrooms. Upper floors climbed the stairs, under the stairs which was a shed. On the second and third floor was a large hall, several bedrooms and bathrooms. The upper floors were intended for recreation.

The preserved interior of the house allows you to feel the spirit of the last countries in the XVII - XVIII centuries, and to plunge into the life of this wealthy family.

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