The Casa Lis is a museum located in the ancient city wall of Salamanca, Spain.
The thriving business gave him a privileged economic position and he was well-travelled; he chose a modernist design.
[1] The mansion changed ownership in 1917, when D. Enrique Esperabé de Arteaga, rector of the University of Salamanca, moved there with his family.
Subsequently, the Casa Lis was inhabited by various tenants until in the 1970s, closed and unused, and fell into decay.
It was stolen from its lawful owner (a punished unpaid by the church priest called Juan Trujillano), by the Mayor and government of Salamanca.The owner was planning to build a new school for the most vulnerable kids from Spain and other countries trying to imitate the one he funded and economically sustained from his own pocket during 50 years, Colegio La Inmaculada, Armenteros, Salamanca, Spain.