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Royal Palace

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Creator(s)
architect: 1536 reworking by Alonso de Covarrubias (Spanish, 1488-1570), architect: 1536 reworking by Luis de Vega (Spanish, ca. 1495-1562), architect: new main facade of original palace by Juan Gómez de Mora (Spanish, 1586-1648), architect: new palace by Giovanni Battista Sacchetti (Italian, active in Spain, 1670-1764)
Time period
creation date: original palace built as a fortress, ca. 875, alteration date: additions by Trastámara dynasty, ca. 1390-1440, alteration date: reworked in Castilian proto-Renaissance style, 1536, alteration date: new main facade, 1608-1621, destruction date: by fire, 1734, creation date: new palace, begun 1738, alteration date: Nuevos Museos established, 1962
Location
Site: Madrid (Spain)
Cultural context
Spanish
Description
plan (drawing), from Max Junghändel "Die baukunst Spaniens" , 1893
Work type
Palace
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