9 Casa Díaz Flores - Brier

The plot occupied by this house had been, since the early eighteenth century, the site of the College of San Luis Gonzaga, run by the Jesuits. After confiscation, the premises were put to other uses, most notably the Town Hall. However, in 1841 a fire reduced the property to ashes, which was when the current building design was overseen by Antonio Díaz Flores y Vera. This is another example of the romantic classicism that was so well received in La Orotava. From 1862 and until the beginning of the twentieth century it was a hotel, during which time its guests included Richard Francis Burton and Elizabeth Murray. In the garden interesting carved stone elements from the original Jesuit buildings are preserved.