Montana Marquis's Palace
(Domecq’s Palace)
The Palace of Montana's Marquis was during many
years property of Domecq's Marquis and due to this, is also known as Domecq
Palace.
It was ordered to build by the first Marquis of
Montana, Antonio Cabezas de Aranda y Román. It was declared as Spanish Property
of Cultural Interest and Spanish Historic-Artistic Monument.
The designer of the palace was Antonio Matías
de Figueroa and the construction finished in 1778. After the death of the
Montana Marquis, his wife gave the property to clerical government. Later, with
the Mendizábal confiscation, the palace belonged to Juan Pedro Domecq Lembeve,
and when he died to Juan Pedro de Aladro Domecq, and finally with his death,
his wife sold the property to the brothers Domecq Núñez de Villavicencio.
It was built in the San Sebastián square,
currently, Alameda Cristina, between San Juan de Dios's convent (not exist) and
Santo Domingo church and cloister.
The building is baroque style, and presents a
square plant, being its interior symmetric. The construction has two floor
differentiated by hollows and cornices. On the top, other small floor with
lower height and with hollows topped with grilles. Almost all the decoration is
concentrated in the main facade which is composed by balconies and a main door
made with noble materials.
The distribution in the interior has as a
cornerstone, a yard of square form and at bottom an imperial stair. The rooms
are distributed around this yard.
Visit, contact and
location
Email: info@palaciodomecq.com
Telephone: 956 34 07 50
Telephone: 956 34 07 50
Address: Alameda Marqués de Casa Domecq, 8
Visits:
From April
to October
Tuesdays
and Thursdays at 10:00 and 11:00
Saturdays
at 12:00
The visit
has 45 minutes of duration
Price: 8€ each person.
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