Palacio de Monterrey
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Full name:Palacio de Monterrey
Address:Plaza de Monterrey nº 2
Post Code:37002
Province:Salamanca
Country:España
Telephone:923 213020
E-mail:info@palaciodemonterrey.com
Website:www.palaciodemonterrey.com
INFO
The Palace of Monterrey is one of the best examples of civil architecture from the Spanish
Renaissance and the greatest model of Plateresque. It has served as an example for other architectural
styles, such as Neo plateresque or the “Monterrey Style”.
It was erected at the request of Don Alonso de Acevedo y Zúñiga (1495 1559), the Third Count of Monterrey. He entrusted the project of building the future palace to the architects Rodrigo Gil de
Hontañón and Fray Martín de Santiago in 1539, with a budget of 10 million Maravedis (the Spanish
currency at the time), a very high cost considering the Count's finances were not at their best after
having spent large amounts on the construction of the palace fortress of Monterrey de Galicia or on an
aid to defend the imperial Vienna against the Ottomans. This is why the building was never completed
as planned.
The Palace was incorporated into the House of Alba after the marriage of Catalina de Haro y
Guzmán (1672 1733), 8th Countess of Monterrey, to Don Francisco Álvarez de Toledo y Silva (1662
1739), 10th Duke of Alba.
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