An immersive and unique experience
Get ready to enter the most amazing interactive museum in Cantabria where the latest technology transforms a cultural visit into an immersive experience that takes you back in time.
Do you want to live the experience? Come today from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m . and from 4:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m . (last show 8:30 p.m.)
If you are looking for what to see or do in Santillana del Mar
you can't miss the experience of visiting the Palacio de Velarde, a place where history comes to life.
Because Palacio de Velarde is not only a historic building, it is an immersive museum where heritage comes to life thanks to a pioneering museographic proposal in Spain that combines cutting-edge technology, historical rigour and a powerful staging.
Travel through five centuries of history thanks to technology
Through holograms, scenographic projections, artificial intelligence, theatrical lighting, surround sound effects and careful locution, each room of the Palace becomes a living stage to transport you to the past and become a witness and part of the events that marked the history of Santillana del Mar.
Thanks to this multisensory narration you will not have to imagine what the story was like, but you will be able to live it from the inside, with the protagonists themselves as guides. You will see how the sixteenth and twenty-first centuries merge in the same space in a historical recreation capable of activating all your senses.
Inhabitants who come to life
Can you imagine walking through a fifteenth-century palace and suddenly its former inhabitants start talking to you?
In the Palacio de Velarde that is exactly what happens.
Here, the historical figures who inhabited the building between the 15th and 20th centuries will tell you about their experiences in the first person and in the same place where the events occurred, coming to life before your eyes thanks to the use of holograms, synchronized projections and electromechanical systems.
Each appearance is a small theatrical work in which the script, voice, music, scenographic lighting and sound effects are carefully designed so that you can live a unique and unforgettable moment and discover the best-kept secrets of each era.
Artificial intelligence to talk to history
In one of the exhibition rooms, part of the Palace’s extensive collection of lithographs is also brought to life thanks to artificial intelligence so that some of the most famous characters in the history of Spain can tell you about their exploits.
The synchronization between image, voice and animation makes El Cid, Hernán Cortés, Bartolomé Murillo, the Marquis of Santillana, Juan de Herrera or Juan Sebastián Elcano speak directly from their paintings to tell you their role in the story.
A scenography that turns history into spectacle
The entire experience is carefully decorated with historical scenery that faithfully reproduces the environments of each era. From the 16th-century kitchens to the Baroque reception rooms or the servants’ rooms, every corner of the Palace is transformed into a real setting.
The lighting, effects, music and ambient sounds are designed to create an immersive narrative rhythm that will guide you through the different stages of the history of the building and Santillana del Mar.
Because at the Palacio de Velarde we not only want to show you the past, but also make you live it, feel it and remember it.
A unique proposal for all audiences
The experience is designed to surprise all types of visitors: from art and history lovers to families, schoolchildren and tourists in search of original plans in Santillana del Mar.
Because in the Palacio de Velarde, history and technology coexist in balance. That is why technological intervention never hides the heritage value of the building, but rather enhances it. Each resource has been developed by a multidisciplinary team of historians, engineers, creatives and scriptwriters to ensure maximum historical accuracy and the greatest emotional impact.
If you want to live a different cultural experience and discover the secrets of one of the most fascinating palaces in Cantabria, we are waiting for you.
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