The Palace of Villamejor (Spanish: Palacio de Villamejor) is a palace located on the Paseo de la Castellana in Madrid, Spain.
| Palace of Villamejor | |
|---|---|
| Native name Palacio de Villamejor (Spanish) | |
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| Location | Madrid, Spain |
| Coordinates | 40°25′35″N 3°41′27″W / 40.426302°N 3.690776°W |
| Official name | Palacio de Villamejor |
| Type | Non-movable |
| Criteria | Monument |
| Designated | 2003 |
| Reference no. | RI-51-0010920 |
  Location of Palace of Villamejor in Madrid  Palace of Villamejor (Community of Madrid)  Palace of Villamejor (Spain) | |
The palace was built for Ignacio Figueroa y Mendieta, marquess consort of Villamejor, between the 1880s and the 1890s. His heirs sold the property to Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies in 1906 and, in 1914, the prince sold it to the Spanish government as residence of the Prime Minister, a role that it maintained until 1976, when Adolfo Suárez moved the official residence over to the Palace of Moncloa. The palace now houses the Ministry for Territorial Policy.
Conservation
editThe 19th-century building was declared a Property of Cultural Interest (Spanish: Bien de Interés Cultural) in 2003.[1]
References
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- ^ "Real Decreto 1413/2002, de 20 de diciembre, por el que se declara Bien de Interés Cultural, con categoría de monumento, el Palacio de Villamejor sito en el paseo de la Castellana, número 3, en Madrid" [Royal Decree 1413/2002, 20 December, by which the Palace of Villamejor, located at number 3 Paseo de la Castellana in Madrid, is declared a Property of Cultural Interest in the category of Monument]. Agencia Estatal Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). 18 January 2003. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
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