Santa Cruz Palace

The Palacio de Santa Cruz or Palace of the Holy Cross is a baroque building in central Madrid, Spain. It now houses the Spanish Foreign Ministry. It was used as a jail until the reign of Philip IV of Spain, when it was converted into a palace.

Construction was commissioned in 1629 by Philip IV to house both courts and jail facilities. The architect Juan Gómez de Mora worked on it from 1629 to 1636, and later other architects like José de Villareal, Bartolomé Hurtado García, and José del Olmo added elements.

In 1767 it changed from jail to the Palacio de Santa Cruz, due to its proximity to the church of Santa Cruz. A fire destroyed all but the facade in 1791.

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Santa Cruz Palaceは、アトラスの城の知名度ランキングで世界1,789位（全3,734件中）、スペインの180件では64位にランクされています。1629年に創建され、アトラスの年代判明済みの城の32%より古い城です（17世紀に創建されたアトラス収録の285件のひとつ）。スペインが他とどう比べられるかは、城の統計をご覧ください。

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