Liria Palace
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Liria Palace | |
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Palacio de Liria ( Ventura Rodriguez
Edwin Lutyens | |
Official name | Palacio de Liria |
Criteria | Monument |
The Liria Palace (
History
Built around 1770 to a design by the architect
All but the
Although the 18th Duchess of Alba's official residence was the Liria Palace, in later life she preferred the Palacio de las Dueñas in Seville, where she died. Her son and heir Carlos Fitz-James Stuart, 19th Duke of Alba resides at the Liria Palace.[3]
Art collection
The building is protected under Spanish heritage law as a listed
The palace contains a remarkable private collection of European art. The collection includes:
- Paintings by Prado Museumin 2016.
- Engravings by Van Dyck.
- Sculptures: marble and bronze figures from the Gioacchino Rossini by Lorenzo Bartolini.
- Archeological finds and decorative arts: Greek painted ceramics, old armor and weapons, 18th-century tapestries from the Gobelins Manufactory, Sèvres porcelains and empire style furniture.
Exhibitions
To see the art collection in situ, it was previously necessary to make an application, a process which involved being placed on a waiting list.[6] 2019 saw the introduction of a speedier, on-line booking process for visits to the palace.
Works on loan
Some works were put on exhibition at the
Archive
The library of the Palace contains an extensive archive with royal, nobiliary and colonial documents. Around 4,000 of these documents were lost during the fires that affected the Palace in 1833 and in 1936.
Notes
- ISBN 978-84-7196-034-4.
- ^ Diario de avisos de Madrid No. 81 (in Spanish). 22 March 1833. p. 337.
- ^ a b Minder, Raphael (November 2012). "Unmasking a Family's Treasures". New York Times. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
- JSTOR 29543345.
- ^ Palacio de Liria. Database of Bienes culturales
- ^ A visit to the Liria Palace. Lopez Linares
- ^ Megan Robertson. "Treasures from the House of Alba: 500 Years of Art and Collecting". Frist Center for the Visual Arts. Retrieved March 19, 2016.
- ^ "Archivo-Biblioteca del Palacio de Liria". Archivum (in Spanish). Verlag Dokumentation. 1972. p. 204.
External links
40°25′40″N 3°42′45″W / 40.4277°N 3.7124°Whttps://www.palaciodeliria.com/