Located opposite the parish church of San Pedro Apóstol, it was the residence of the different generations of the Soler de Padilla family from the 16th to the 19th century, and also of their descendants in the ownership of the Mayorazgo de Chasna: the Marquises of La Fuente de Las Palmas. The original house was built by Pedro Soler and his wife, Juana de Padilla at the beginning of the 16th century. The current appearance dates from the 17th century, with the logical improvements and extensions of later centuries.
From an architectural point of view, the corridor with portico and stone columns on the ground floor of the house stands out, as well as the main door framed in stone that serves as the main entrance to the interior of the house. At the back of the house is a magnificent wine press, used for centuries by the Soler family to make wine.
The Casa de los Soler is, without a doubt, one of the most important jewels of the historical-artistic heritage, not only of Vilaflor but of the whole of the south of Tenerife, bearing silent witness to the joys and sorrows of its distinguished inhabitants over the centuries, and also to the most tragic and tragic events of the past, witness to the most tragic and violent events that befell this family, such as the uprising of the villagers in the mid-17th century against the Soler family, when they demolished the stone supports of the gallery of the house, forcing its inhabitants to flee their home in haste and seek refuge in the mountains. The walls of this house also housed for several days, in 1840, the lifeless body of the last Marquis of the town: Don Alonso Chirino del Hoyo, VII Marquis of the Fuente de Las Palmas and holder of the Mayorazgo de Soler, until he received a Christian burial in the main chapel of the now disappeared church of the Augustinian convent of Vilaflor.
After the death of Don Alonso Chirino, the manor house passed through various family hands until this aristocratic house was sold in 1899 to Don Tomás Bello Gómez for some 15,250 pesetas of the time, including in the sale the lands of the Huerta Grande, the pond and several shares of water. Today, the house of the Soler family belongs to the Cabildo Insular and the future use and enjoyment of the house will belong to the Town Council and residents of Vilaflor de Chasna. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)
