Las Duenas, Spain: A glimpse of Cayetana's life of excess

By Larissa Dubecki
December 3 2016 - 12:15am
The Duchess of Alba: To have called her merely 'rich' would be like calling Placido Domingo a bit of a warbler.  Photo: Mediaxpress
The Duchess of Alba: To have called her merely 'rich' would be like calling Placido Domingo a bit of a warbler. Photo: Mediaxpress
Las Duenas.
Las Duenas.
Las Duenas.
Las Duenas.

If the rich are different, the very rich are so very different as to constitute an alternate life form. That's the take-home message from Seville's latest tourist attraction, the 18th Duchess of Alba's residence Las Duenas, where relics of the storied and scandalous life of Spain's richest person are littered throughout the 15th-century palace.

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