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The Royal Butcheries

Medina del Campo, Tierra de Medina, Valladolid

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The Royal Butcheries

Monument · Medina del Campo, Tierra de Medina, Valladolid

A 16th-century building where the town's meat supply was controlled during the years of the great fairs, with stone arcades on the ground floor. It was declared a monument on 13 October 1995. Its present structure comes from the plans drawn up by Rodrigo Gil de Hontañón in 1562, as recorded in a long inscription on the south-west façade, dated to the reign of Philip II while Pedro de Vivero was corregidor. It stands beside the river Zapardiel, outside the medieval town, in three naves divided by arcades of Tuscan columns; on the outside, brick arches rest on limestone pillars beneath a dog-tooth cornice of clear Mudéjar influence. Three stone doorways, bearing the town's arms and the royal coat of arms, give access to the building.

Photo: Fundación Joaquín Díaz (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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