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Palace of Aldovea

San Fernando de Henares, Área Metropolitana, Madrid

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Palace of Aldovea

Monument · San Fernando de Henares, Área Metropolitana, Madrid

A former fortified house of the archbishopric of Toledo converted into a palace: Infante Luis Antonio de Borbón commissioned the present building from the architect Virgilio Rabaglio in the 18th century, and in 1802 the archdiocese sold it to Godoy, who transferred it to Charles IV in 1804. It stands in the area known as Soto de Aldovea, whose origins go back to the Christian Reconquest of the region, when King Alfonso VII granted it to the Archbishopric of Toledo. It has a rectangular plan with towers at the corners and a roof with an overhanging eave; on the main façade, facing east, a doorway flanked by columns bears the coat of arms of the Bourbons beneath a royal crown and a cardinal's hat, in reference to Infante don Luis. During the Spanish Civil War it served as the headquarters of General Miaja in the Battle of the Jarama.

Photo: Yildori (CC BY-SA 3.0 es)

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