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Remember that the visitable part of La Casa del Pirata is the patio and its subsoil

A legend tells that a couple in love could not get married because of lack of money. He sailed to America, promising his beloved that he come back being rich, until one day it was known that the ship in which he was traveling had been wrecked. However, she had hopes that his beloved would fulfill the promise.

Some time later he come back being rich because he had been shipwrecked on an island and had made a fortune as a pirate. He told his beloved that he had more riches, but that it was necessary to sail again to pick them up. She, frightened by the ocean, did not let him go.

However, she knew that he missed the sea, so she ordered to built a house resembling a galleon from where he could see the sea. When she died, he buried her in gold inside the house. One night he surprised several thieves trying to loot the grave and he killed them.

But the story simply tells that it is a palace house built by a merchant. The interior is decorated with naval design and in its dance hall there is an impressive fresco by Abarzuza, who was also the author of the ceiling of the Gran Teatro Falla. In addition, this house is reflected in the watercolor of the Orientalist painter Adrian Dauzats entitled "Calle de Los Doblones" of 1835 and which is preserved in the Louvre Museum.