ARENY-PLANDOLIT HOUSE-MUSEUM

Open to the public since 1985, the Areny-Plendolit house-museum is Andorra's must-see heritage attraction. Built in the early ^17th century, this stately home traces the life of the wealthy Areny-Plandolit family, a line of wealthy iron industrialists. The family lived in it from generation to generation until 1953, and took advantage of its economic success to enlarge it in the ^19th century. The house reflects the family's lifestyle and social status at a time when luxury was far from commonplace in Andorran society. The façade is adorned with a large balcony, forged in 1849 in the family's own workshop. On the first floor there is a food storage room and a wine cellar. Inside, you can admire beautiful rooms such as this photographic laboratory from the beginning of the ^20th century, a dining room, a reception room, a kitchen, a chapel, a library, rooms... but also valuable objects: Sèvres and Limoges tableware (a gift from the Austrian imperial family), cellars and pyres. If you like old objects, you will be served; for example, a mythical piano in the old music room. The tour ends in the garden, which separates the National Auditorium from the Areny Plandolit Museum. A visit that allows you to learn about this family as well as the history of Andorra in general.