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Palacio de Orleans-Borbón

Spain · 19th century

Founded
1853
Style
Eclectic architecture
Architect
Juan Talavera y de la Vega
Heritage status
bien de interés cultural · Bien en el Catálogo General del Patrimonio Histórico Andaluz
Location
Sanlúcar de Barrameda
Coordinates
36.77574°, -6.35457°
Links
Wikimedia Commons
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Palacio de Orleans-Borbón in Spain
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Description

The Palacio de Orleans-Borbón rises in the Spanish town of Sanlucar de Barrameda in the Andalusian province of Cádiz. It was built between 1853 and 1870 as a summer residence for Antoine, Duke of Montpensier and Infanta Luisa Fernanda, Duchess of Montpensier, at the time Duke of Montpensier and Infante of Spain, respectively.

Today it is the seat of the municipality of Sanlucar de Barrameda and is known by the name of Town Hall (ayuntamiento).

For its construction, it took advantage of several pre-existing buildings, which were all given a common "wrapper". Thus it lacks axial and coaxial axis symmetry. It is built according to its own historical and eclectic style of much of the nineteenth century; using in the facades Neo-Mudéjar and Italian Classicism styles. In the decoration of the interior rooms, there are used a multitude of historicist styles (Neo-Mudéjar, Rococo, Chinoiserie, Egyptian, English, etc.).

The Town Hall is located next to the Church Nuestra Senora De La O, the town's oldest church.

Text adapted from “Palacio de Orleans-Borbón” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

Palacio de Orleans-Borbón ranks #7,350 of 9,902 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #338 of the 646 mapped in Spain. Founded 1853, it is older than 7% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 782 atlas entries founded in the 19th century. 9 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Jerez de la Frontera, 23 km away. It is one of the 131 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Andalusia. See how Spain compares in the castle statistics.

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