The
Archivo General de Indias (, "General Archive of the Indies"), housed in the ancient merchants' exchange of
Seville,
Spain, the
Casa Lonja de Mercaderes, is the repository of extremely valuable archival documents illustrating the history of the
Spanish Empire in the Americas and the Philippines. The building itself, an unusually serene and Italianate example of Spanish
Renaissance architecture, was designed by
Juan de Herrera. This structure and its contents were registered in 1987 by
UNESCO as a
World Heritage Site.