Laredo Palace, Alcalá de Henares, Spain

Laredo Palace is a mixture of architectural, sculptural and decorative archetypes and elements, inspired by different styles but dominated by the neo-Mudejar style. The building is a set of rooms, towers and viewpoints, porches, terraces and gardens.Visitors will find rooms inspired by the Alhambra (plasterwork, tiles, coffering), by Pompeian frescos (paintings and painted fabrics) and by the Plateresque tradition, and with Modernist, Gothic, Renaissance, Nasrid and Moorish decorative motifs in general.

Laredo includes pieces from other monuments in other places, including coffering and small vaults from the Palace of the Condes de Tendilla; vaults and columns from the Castle of Santorcaz; Spanish-Moorish tiles form the Palace of Peter I in Jaén; and columns from the Monte Loranca Jesuit Penitentiary, amongst others.

It is currently a museum dedicated to Cardinal Cisneros, and contains a documentation centre and a specialised library which includes documentary and bibliographic sources relating to the history of the University of Alcalá.

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Alina-Maria Anghelache (3 years ago)
If you are in Alcala this is a must visit place. History in the middle of the city with an outstanding architecture and interior design.

jaqsbcn (3 years ago)
Amazing house to see, only for 1 euro. The main hall is a must see if you go to Madrid.

christina m (3 years ago)
It was nice to see but if you don't see it you want miss something ?

Eddie A (3 years ago)
1€ entry and worth a visit. Not so big and it’s a shame not so much is open.

IAP MAD Team Lead (3 years ago)
A very beautiful place, too bad the staff is a bit unfriendly. Maybe because it was a Sunday the guard was having a bad day.

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