ae olog ists , ▁friends ▁of ▁the ▁count ess . ▁The ▁palace ▁covers ▁ 2 5 0 0 ▁m ² ▁across ▁two ▁flo ors ; ▁the ▁ground ▁floor ▁was ▁used ▁during ▁the ▁summer ▁and ▁the ▁upper ▁floor ▁during ▁winter . ▁ ▁Collection ▁ ▁The ▁collection ▁includes ▁Roman ▁m osa ics ▁that ▁p ave ▁almost ▁the ▁entire ▁ground ▁floor . ▁Spanish ▁historian ▁Juan ▁de ▁Con tr eras ▁y ▁López ▁de ▁Ay ala ▁called ▁the ▁building ▁ ▁the ▁‘ best ▁p aved ▁house - pal ace ▁in ▁Europe ’ . ▁Of ▁particular ▁note ▁is ▁the ▁m osa ic ▁dep ict ing ▁the ▁god ▁Pan ▁that ▁was ▁discovered ▁on ▁land ▁owned ▁by ▁the ▁count ess ▁and ▁can ▁be ▁found ▁in ▁the ▁palace ’ s ▁central ▁cour ty ard . ▁The ▁m osa ic ’ s ▁central ▁med all ion ▁represents ▁Pan , ▁who ▁is ▁ser en ading ▁Gal ate a ▁on ▁his ▁fl ute , ▁while ▁the ▁other ▁med all ions ▁show ▁the ▁love ▁stories ▁of ▁Ze us ▁and ▁the ▁corners ▁contain ▁representations ▁of ▁the ▁four ▁seasons . ▁ ▁Also ▁not ew orth y ▁is ▁the ▁op us ▁sect ile ▁work , ▁made ▁up ▁of ▁multi - col oured ▁mar bles , ▁that ▁p aves ▁the ▁entrance ▁hall . ▁The ▁house ▁is ▁filled ▁with ▁Gre co - R oman ▁b ust s , ▁myth ological ▁dep ict ions ▁in ▁various ▁forms , ▁and ▁pieces ▁from ▁the ▁Mo or ish ▁era , ▁China ▁and ▁Pers ia . ▁There ▁is ▁a ▁fine ▁collection ▁of ▁well ▁cur bs ,