Kexana, ancestral seat of the
House of Ayala, is an interesting site with mediaeval character, set in a landscape of great beauty. First there is the civil construction: the palace and the tower, and secondly the convent and the church of the Dominicans. The Ayala ancestral home is a 14th century gothic palace and is based around a large central patio. The access way and the main façade are flanked by two towers. The Palace, now the Museum of Kexana, conserves remains of the main façade with its tower, traces of the turret, some mediaeval elements on the outer wall and several openings with lancet arches on the inside of the patio. The remains of the palace façade can be seen from the outside to the top right of the convent Church. This façade is worked in stone and has two storeys, with the main door finished off in a lancet arch made with limestone wedge stones.
