Museo Palacio de la Condesa de Lebrija, Seville

Before, circumstances prevented my wife and I from approaching to see the exhibition that the Palace of Lebrija dedicates to Rubens and now, taking advantage of its extension until November we did not want to miss this new opportunity. We knew that the upper floor of the Palace is not accessible to people with reduced mobility as is the case with my wife, but we hoped that Rubens's work would be exhibited below. At the entrance ticket office to the Palace we were confirmed that the exhibition was below and that the price per person was 12 euros, as the visit to the exhibition was integrated with the rooms of the Palace. As in almost all monuments there are discounts or free entry costs for people with disabilities, with the addition that we could not access the upper floor, we asked if we had any reduction in the price, but we were told no. Still we were going to gladly pay the 24 euros of the visit, when, when delivering the ticket money, the girl who took care of us indicated that the wheelchair we had to leave it at the entrance, because the floors of the Palace were covered with Roman mosaics that I could are damaged by the wheels. We were left with a fool's face. What did you expect my wife to pay a ticket so that she could not access the Palace because her chair couldn't move on her floor? On the other hand, if the value of the mosaics, with good judgment, advises denying the transit of a wheelchair on them, why is it not also prevented from that of the many visitors with shoes, perhaps more harmful than the rubber of a wheel, hard sole or with reinforced heels two with materials of consistent hardness? I believe that the historical-artistic value of mosaics and other materials and pieces that it treasures of the Palace of Lebrija should be properly protected, with solutions that free them from the physical contact of visitors such as a transparent walkway. This would prevent the discriminated exclusion of persons who are already suffering a terrible exclusion by disability and the integrity of unrepeatable parts would be preserved. It is also the preservation of the Andalusian artistic heritage, an obligation as referred to in article 14 of the Law on Historical Heritage of Andalusia.