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Palacio del Duque de Abrantes de Granada

This 16th-century casa palacio consists of a ground floor, an upper floor, and a tower. It was remodeled in the 19th century. Originally, the building followed a layout of hallway-peristyle patio-side staircase-gallery. During the 19th-century renovations, it lost its patio.

In terms of architecture, it features a Gothic-style façade with a conopial arch framed by slender lateral moldings. On either side are the coats of arms of the Bobadilla family (left) and the Peñalosa family (right). The staircase is topped with a wooden ceiling in Mudéjar style, consisting of eight equal sides resting on flat pendentives.

The building is located in a large irregular block in the urban center of Granada. The space it occupies within this block is an irregular plot of small dimensions with a single main façade facing the Tovar square, while the remaining sides form party walls with other buildings in the block and an interior façade to a light well on the side opposite the exterior façade.

History

The Palace of Abrantes is a construction from the early 16th century, corresponding to the façade of the main entrance and the coffered ceilings of the staircase and the main hall, which are now hidden by a boarding. These are the last testimonies of the original design of the building, which suffered a devastating remodel in the 19th century.

Originally, the monument was likely a Gothic and Mudéjar palace. The transformations it underwent in the 19th century have turned it into a historicist building, in line with the aesthetic tastes of this period, blending neo-Arab elements—Alhambra style—in the decoration of the arches in the hallway and neo-Renaissance features in the decoration of the upper floor salons.

Prices

Adults

Free

Children (3-7years)

Free

-2 years

Free

C/ Nombre de la calle nº0 0000, Población, Ciudad

Address

Palacio del duque de Abrantes granada