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Coordinates: 40°24′55″N 3°42′53″W / 40.415139°N 3.714667°W / 40.415139; -3.714667
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Palace of the Cuesta de la Vega
Palacio de la Cuesta de la Vega
Facade of the palace, 1906
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General information
AddressCalle Mayor, 90
Town or cityMadrid
CountrySpain
Coordinates40°24′55″N 3°42′53″W / 40.415139°N 3.714667°W / 40.415139; -3.714667
Year(s) built1906
Demolished1970
ClientAlfonso XII
OwnerInfanta María Teresa
LandlordFerdinand of Bavaria , Maria Theresa of Bourbon , Luis Alfonso of Bavaria , José Eugenio of Bavaria , Mercedes of Bavaria and Pilar of Bavaria Design and construction
Height
ArchitecturalEclectic architecture
Technical details
Floor count4
Design and construction
Architect(s)Luis de Landecho

Palace of the Cuesta de la Vega (Spanish: Palacio de la Cuesta de la Vega) was a royal residence in Madrid located on Calle Mayor, at the foot of the Cuesta de la Vega. It was heavily renovated in 1906 to serve as the residence of the Infanta María Teresa,[1] daughter of Alfonso XII. She died there in 1912 giving birth. Badly damaged during the Spanish Civil War, it was demolished in 1970.

The palace was built by Basque architect Luis de Landecho, one of several notable buildings constructed in Madrid in his eclectic style, with influences from neoclassical and modernist styles.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Batcheller, Tryphosa Bates (1913). Royal Spain of today. New York [etc.] : Longmans, Green, and co. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Impar Capital compra la antigua sede de McKinsey para convertirla en un residencial de lujo". El País (in Spanish). Cinco Días. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
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This house was located on Cuesta de la Vega, turning towards Cuesta de Ramón. It was the French embassy in the mid-19th century and was the palace of the Dukes of Benavente and the Marquises of Castro-Serna. In 1906 it was renovated to serve as a residence for the Infantes Fernando de Baviera and María Teresa de Borbón, who had married in January of that year. Among the numerous works of art with which it was decorated, the collection of tapestries that the King Consort Francisco de Asís had bequeathed to his granddaughter María Teresa was particularly important. In 1912, the Infanta died in this palace as a result of giving birth to her fourth daughter.

The demolition of the building in 1972 revealed the most important preserved section of the Islamic wall. Some seventy metres of wall, several towers, a small gate and the foundations of one of the towers that flanked the Puerta de la Vega, which opened approximately at the height of the corner of the palace. The site of the palace is now the park of Emir Mohamed I.



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