palacio taranco

Fascinating to visit and imagine life in this palace. The appeal is that this is of a modest size and you can imagine living here. Well preserved and worth visiting.

This is a very pretty museum set in a beautiful early 1900's mansion. It is filled with period furnishings and painting. In the basement, there is a collection of ancient pots, bronzes and glassware. It is set right on the delightful Plaza Zabala and has beautiful gardens as well.Like many of the museums in the area, admission is free!

My traveling companion wanted to check out Palacio Taranco, which was listed as a museum of decorative arts in our guidebook. I've been to decorative arts museums before and they just aren't my thing. But the museum was free, so I didn't put up a fight. And I am so glad that we went. The museum is actually a palace with interesting architecture, beautiful art, and a lovely garden. You can stroll around the building and the garden unimpeded and see the paintings, sculptures, pianos, and furniture up close. A truly refreshing experience.

Attracted by the architecture and discovered with marvel this home of a turn of the century import-export millionaire of Ururguay. The 2 pleyel piano are beautiful and all the interio including the wooded panels and floor. There are a number of interesting painting one by Ghirardello a Madonna and there is an exhibit ongoing on Goya. In the basement there are artifacts early roman etc...

Beautiful furnishings---especially loved the decorated Pleyel piano--amazing. Not a big place, but very well-kept and like stepping back in time

A beautiful building from yesterday housing wonderful and true to the period furnishings and artifacts. From the fresco to the art and the furniture and wall and ceiling decor it takes you back to another time. Too bad these wasn't a time machine.

I took some of my favourite photos from my trip to Uruguay in this house. You can get a glimpse into what life was like from a bygone era. Presently, the building houses the Museum of Decorative Arts. Highlights include the ballroom, staircase, piano and garden. Highly recommend visiting if you like older homes and architecture. Admission: Free.

Tues-Sat 10am-6pmThis beautiful palace is now arts museum, the Taranco Palace was built in the early 20th century and represents the trend toward French architecture during that period. The museum displays an assortment of Uruguayan furniture, draperies, clocks, paintings, and other cultural Works. The display if clocks is amazing.

Wonderful palace. It ia pity that it has not been well maintained. Uruguay does not respect the old buildings in its capital city.

We came here on a summer's rainy afternoon. The staff was very welcoming, and the visit was free. We enjoyed seeing the period furnishings and paintings. A nice glimpse into Urugyuan history.

My wife and I had been here 3 years before and they told us we couldn't take photos then so this time I emailed them and they now allow photos without flash. I took my camera and took lots of photos as this home is an excellent example of its era. There is furniture which is extremely representative of life in Montevideo in earlier years. Some of the detail on the items on display was absolutely beautiful. The apinted grand pianos, marble objects inlaid cabinets and tapestries. The marble fireplaces, wall coverings, light fittings and leadlight windows were all a joy to behold. We visited the Ancient articles from Rome and Greece in the basement and many of these were excellent examples of their era. There were even some earlier pieces of pottery from China. We have been to many museums all over the world and these examples were worth the hour alone that we spent looking at them. The nearby parkland and the outside yard were shady and a joy to sit in. It was free entry. They have hung a few paintings of local artists throughout the rooms and this helped vary the decor as a bedroom is a bedroom.

I was in the neighbourhood and a local had suggested a visit. It doesn't take long to wander through the rooms, some laid out as they had been lived in. Again, this isn't Paris or Florence, but there seems to be a good range of 19th century Uruguayan artists and the scenes were evocative of an olden time of rustic living. There is no curation in English (or in Spanish for that matter) and all you get is artist name, painting name, and date. A bit of scholarly effort and using the artworks to tell a story about the artistic history of this part of the world would seem to be something worth doing. I don't think they could justify an entrance fee.

Beautiful old house in La Ciudad Vieja. Must have been really amazing in its day, but needs some TLC for restorations. Free entry, but might be better to charge a fee to help with the cost of maintaining it.

Palacio Taranco is a lovely old building that offers a sense of what it would have been like to live here many years ago. The museum is free. The 1st and 2nd floors of the house are partially furnished and grandiose. For some reason, there is old Italian pottery in the remodeled basement museum.The Palacio faces the lovely Plaza Zabala, where I can hear the parrots in the trees but never see them.Just down the street from the Palacio, facing the Plaza is Valentino's, a cafeteria type restaurant that offers 4 or so daily specials, all around $200p. Finally, a reasonably priced restaurant in Montevideo!

The palace is free to visit, the furniture and room decorations are beautiful. We saw a couple of tango dancers performing on the palace's steps, very romantic and moving.