The former Marquises of Nervión mansion is one of the 25 Palace-House that currently exist in Seville, stately residences built by prosperous families during the Spanish 16th century (known as the Golden century).
Mercer Residences Sevilla is located in this stately house built in the 17th century in a Sevillian Baroque style, renovated during the 20th century -incorporating Regionalist style elements- and included in the catalog of the hundred best buildings in Seville. Property of the Marquises of Valencina, it later passed to the Marquises of Nervión.
María Mónica de Arteche y González-Careaga, widowed marquess of Nervión, widowed viscountess of Bernuy, grandee of Spain and lady of Queen Victoria Eugenia, was a Sevillian aristocrat of Basque origin who lived in this palace-house until her death in 1986. Without descendants, her last wish was to donate her residence to the Red Cross, of which she was honorary president. The House-Palace of the Marchioness of Nervión was the headquarters of the provincial assembly of the Red Cross until 2006.
The former mansion hosted some of the Seville aristocracy most glamorous episodes: In 1966, the patio was the scene of the cocktail after party of the debutante ball -a spring party to benefit the Red Cross in which several young women were presented in society- attended by such illustrious guests as Jacqueline Kennedy or the Princes of Monaco, Rainier and Grace invited by the Marchioness of Nervión.
