El Castillo Museum and Gardens is a Colombian museum in the El Poblado district of MedellÃÂn. It offers permanent exhibitions of objects in porcelain and glass, stained glass, antiques, paintings, and sculptures, among other things.
The permanent exhibit contains nine rooms and an outside garden.
The building was constructed in 1930 by the architect Nel RodrÃÂguez in the Medieval Gothic style. The design was inspired by castles in Loire Valley in France. It was the house of physician José Tobón Uribe until 1943 when industrialist Diego EchavarrÃÂa Misas bought the house for his family. In 1971 it became a museum when the wife of Diego EchavarrÃÂa Misas, Benedikta Zur Nieden, known as "Dita", decided to donate the house and all its furnishings after the death of her husband.