This is a small building resembling a castle, crowned with small towers at each corner, that is made to look life a small palace; designed by architect Juan Talavera y de la Vega, it was commissioned in 1893 by the Duke of Montpensier. It is the first neo-mudéjar construction in the city, and is used as a picnic area, a look-out over the park and river, and it is rumoured that Queen María de las Mercedes spent many a long hour knitting with her maids-of-honour and basking in the sun behind its many balconies and glass windows. Currently, the building belongs to the Seville Tourism Consortium (Turismo de Sevilla) and following its renovation in 2007, there is a new theme centre, which takes visitors on a journey starting from the 1929 Exhibition through to 1992, and on into the 21st Century.