Samaniego Cream House · Laguardia

Félix María Sánchez Samaniego was born on October 12, 1745 in Laguardia, in the palace house in front of the one you are in. Son of Don Félix Ignacio Sánchez Samaniego and Doña María Teresa Zabala, he was the fifth of nine siblings. He studied in Bayonne with the Jesuits and in 1781 he published in Valencia his first book with 105 fables that gave him worldwide fame. Considered one of the best fabulists in the Spanish language, he also wrote "El jardín de Venus". He died in 1801 and was buried in the family chapel of the church of San Juan. The house, dating from the 17th century, stands out for its elegant facade and interior courtyard, and is now owned by the Provincial Council of Alava.