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Palacio del Marqués de Santa Cruz

Spain · 16th century

Founded
c. 1550
Heritage status
bien de interés cultural
Location
Viso del Marqués
Coordinates
38.5229°, -3.56332°
Links
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Palacio del Marqués de Santa Cruz in Spain
Photo: Jg arribas~commonswiki · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Description

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. The project, that reportedly kickstarted on 15 November 1564, was participated by the Italian architects Juan Baptista Bergamasco and Juan Baptista Olamasquín. The interior was decorated with mouldings, doorways, fireplaces and frescoes, following the Genoese aesthetics. The collection of frescoes has been noted among the highlights of the Spanish Renaissance. The palace was declared national historic-artistic monument in 1931.

Since 1950, the building houses the premises of the General Archive of the Spanish Navy.

Text adapted from “Palace of the Marquis of Santa Cruz” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

Palacio del Marqués de Santa Cruz ranks #6,365 of 9,902 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #278 of the 646 mapped in Spain. Founded c. 1550, it is older than 37% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 933 atlas entries founded in the 16th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,268 times in the last 60 days, more than 62% of the atlas. The nearest day-trip guide is Jaén, 86 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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