Palace of the Marquis of Santa Cruz

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] The interior was decorated with mouldings, doorways, fireplaces and frescoes, following the Genoese aesthetics.^[3] The collection of frescoes has been noted among the highlights of the Spanish Renaissance.^[4] The palace was declared national historic-artistic monument in 1931.^[5][6][7]

Since 1950, the building houses the premises of the General Archive of the Spanish Navy.^[8]

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  Fresco
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  Gallery

Citations

Bibliography

• Leste, Teodoro de (2014). "La Armada y el patrimonio cultural naval" (PDF). El último viaje de la fragata Mercedes: la razón frente al expolio. Un tesoro cultural recuperado. Madrid: Ministerio de Defensa, Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte, Acción Cultural Española. pp. 471–495.
• López Torrijos (2004). "Arte e historia común en el palacio del Viso" (PDF). España y Génova. Obras, artistas y coleccionistas. Madrid: Fernando Villaverde Ediciones-Fundación Carolina. pp. 129–138.
• Rodríguez Moya, Inmaculada (2009). "La ciudad en los frescos del Palacio de El Viso del Marqués". El sueño de Eneas. Castellón de la Plana: Publicacions de la Universitat Jaume I. ISBN 978-84-8021-710-1.

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