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Palacio de las Dueñas (occasionally, Casa Palacio de las Dueñas) [1] is a palace in Seville, Spain, currently [when?] belonging to the House of Alba. It was built in the late 15th century in the Renaissance style with Gothic and Moorish influences. The palace is one of the major historic homes of great architectural and artistic heritage in ...
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Main gate. The construction of this palace, which is adorned with precious azulejo tiles and well-kept gardens, was begun in 1483 by Pedro Enríquez de Quiñones, Adelantado Mayor of Andalucía, and his wife Catalina de Rivera, founder of the Casa de Alcalá, and completed by Pedro's son Fadrique Enríquez de Rivera (first Marquis of Tarifa), whose pilgrimage to Jerusalem in 1519 led to the ...
The Lebrija Palace or Palacio de la Condesa de Lebrija is a house museum in central Seville, Spain. [1] Dating to the 16th century and remodeled between the 18th and 20th centuries, the palace is characterised by its collection of art, including Roman mosaics and other antiquities as well as Asian art, paintings by European masters and European decorative arts.
The dukedom of Alba de Tormes is one of the most significant noble titles of Spain and gives its name to the House of Alba.Over the centuries, members of three distinct family dynasties have held the title in succession – the House of Álvarez de Toledo [], the House of Silva (extinct in 1802) and the House of Fitz-James Stuart, which descends from an illegitimate son of King James II of ...
Palacio Real de Madrid. Monasterio de El Escorial. Palacio Real de Aranjuez. Palacio Real de La Granja de San Ildefonso. Palacio Real de Riofrío.. Patrimonio Nacional (English: National Heritage) is a Spanish autonomous agency, under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of the Presidency, Justice and Relations with the Cortes, that administers the sites owned by the Spanish State and used by the ...
Although the 18th Duchess of Alba's official residence was the Liria Palace, in later life she preferred the Palacio de las Dueñas in Seville, where she died. Her son and heir Carlos Fitz-James Stuart, 19th Duke of Alba resides at the Liria Palace. [3]