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General information | |
Type | Palace |
Architectural style | Renaissance architecture |
Classification | Bien de Interés Cultural |
Town or city | Viso del Marqués |
Country | Spain |
Coordinates | 38°31′23″N 3°33′48″W / 38.5231°N 3.5632°W |
Official name | Palacio del Marqués de Santa Cruz |
Type | Non-movable |
Criteria | Monument |
Designated | 3 June 1931 |
Reference no. | RI-51-0000515-00000 |
The Palace of the Marquis of Santa Cruz is a 16th-century Italian-style building in Viso del Marqués, Spain.
The palace was built on behalf of Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquis of Santa Cruz. [1] The project, that reportedly kickstarted on 15 November 1564, was participated by the Italian architects Juan Baptista Bergamasco and Juan Baptista Olamasquín. [2] The interior was decorated with mouldings, doorways, fireplaces and frescoes, following the Genoese aesthetics. [3] The collection of frescoes has been noted among the highlights of the Spanish Renaissance. [4] The palace was declared national historic-artistic monument in 1931. [5] [6] [7]
Since 1950, the building houses the premises of the General Archive of the Spanish Navy. [8]
Palace of the Marquis of Santa Cruz | |
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| |
General information | |
Type | Palace |
Architectural style | Renaissance architecture |
Classification | Bien de Interés Cultural |
Town or city | Viso del Marqués |
Country | Spain |
Coordinates | 38°31′23″N 3°33′48″W / 38.5231°N 3.5632°W |
Official name | Palacio del Marqués de Santa Cruz |
Type | Non-movable |
Criteria | Monument |
Designated | 3 June 1931 |
Reference no. | RI-51-0000515-00000 |
The Palace of the Marquis of Santa Cruz is a 16th-century Italian-style building in Viso del Marqués, Spain.
The palace was built on behalf of Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquis of Santa Cruz. [1] The project, that reportedly kickstarted on 15 November 1564, was participated by the Italian architects Juan Baptista Bergamasco and Juan Baptista Olamasquín. [2] The interior was decorated with mouldings, doorways, fireplaces and frescoes, following the Genoese aesthetics. [3] The collection of frescoes has been noted among the highlights of the Spanish Renaissance. [4] The palace was declared national historic-artistic monument in 1931. [5] [6] [7]
Since 1950, the building houses the premises of the General Archive of the Spanish Navy. [8]