Salamanca Casa de las Conchas — Shell House Board

Souvenir cutting board featuring Salamanca’s Casa de las Conchas (House of Shells) — one of Spain’s most distinctive buildings. This late 15th-century Gothic-Plateresque palace is decorated with over 300 carved sandstone scallop shells on its exterior, each one different from the rest. Built by Rodrigo Maldonado de Talavera, a knight of the Order of Santiago (whose symbol is the scallop shell), the building symbolizes the connection between Salamanca and the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route. Today it houses a public library, and visitors can freely explore the beautiful courtyard with its Gothic arches and Renaissance lion balustrade.