With the restoration of this unique Renaissance alfarje made up of clusters and cubes of muqarnas with a quadrilobular base alternating to form a checkerboard pattern, the restoration of the alfarjes covering the different sections of the main staircase of the Casa de Pilatos, begun three and a half years ago, has been completed. The staircase, built by order of Don Fadrique Enríquez de Ribera, 1st Marquis of Tarifa, at the end of his life, around 1538, is both open and closed and has a flight and three plateaus covered by alfarjes (horizontal wooden ceilings that function as floor slabs) with different motifs and a coffered ceiling in which gilding predominates over its also rich polychromy. The central stairwell is covered by a hemispherical dome with a ribbon decoration resting on pendentives of mocarabes, possibly inspired by the one in the Hall of Ambassadors in the Royal Alcazar in Seville. This last element is the only and certainly the most important that remains to be restored of the rich collection of woodwork that adorns this space.
The restoration of the alfarjes of the main staircase of the Casa de Pilatos has been completed.
