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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]
Palacio Insular de Tenerife (English: Insular Palace of Tenerife) is a building in the Spanish city of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, home of the Cabildo de Tenerife. Designed by the architect José Enrique Marrero Regalado, and executed between 1935 and 1940, it is located in the Plaza de España. [1]
The building is notable for its great tower decorated with a clock, commissioned in 1950, which chimes hourly. It is a landmark in the city of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. The building contains an interesting collection of art, which includes murals that adorn the entire Salón Noble, popularly called the "Sistine Chapel of the Canary Islands."
It is a female head with closed eyes, 7 meters high and weighing 7.8 tons. The sculpture itself was made in 2018, in cast iron. The piece was acquired by the Cabildo de Tenerife, and arrived on the island coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the I International Street Sculpture Exhibition that took place in Santa Cruz de Tenerife between ...
Santa Cruz Palace. The Palacio de Santa Cruz is an Early Renaissance palace in Valladolid, in Castile and León, Spain, built as a "college" for the University of Valladolid, who still own it. Construction began in 1486 but from 1490 building came under the supervision of Lorenzo Vázquez de Segovia who finally completed it in 1491.
Imperial Palace of Santa Cruz The palace in 1823 The Emperor enjoying the view of the palace. The Santa Cruz Estate is a former imperial country retreat in Santa Cruz, Rio de Janeiro. Originally a Jesuit estate and convent dating from 1570, it became a residence of the Portuguese viceroys in Brazil at the end of the 18th century. When King John ...
Part of the Santa Cruz, Calif., wharf collapsed Monday, sending three construction workers into the ocean. All victims were rescued — two by a lifeguard unit and a third managed to swim to ...
The Museo Municipal de Bellas Artes de Santa Cruz de Tenerife is a museum of fine arts located in the city of Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain). [1] Its headquarters are located in the rear of the Church of St. Francis of Assisi .