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Palace of the Kings of Navarre

Lizarra, Navarre, Spain
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About Palace of the Kings of Navarre

The Palace of the Kings of Navarre, additionally known as the Palacio de los Duques de Granada de Ega, is a historical building in Estella, Navarre, Spain; it's miles the Romanesque former royal palace of the Kings and Queens of Navarre from the past due 12th century to the mid 15th century. In the 20th century the constructing, which had fallen into disrepair, changed into restored and in 1991 transformed into the Museo Gustavo de Maeztu, housing the paintings of the painter Gustavo de Maeztu Y Whitney and open to the public. The building is important inside the history of architecture in Navarre, in view that it's miles the handiest civil constructing extant from the Romanesque period. In 1931, it was d a country wide monument by using the Spanish government.
It is a Romanesque constructing constructed in the 2nd half of 12th century, located within the Plaza de San Martin and at the nook of Calle de San Nicolas, an historic entrance for pilgrims. The maximum substantial detail is the primary facade, placed contrary the stairway of San Pedro de los angeles Rua. It consists of floors built in ashlar masonry, that are divided in top via a easy molded cornice. The lower frame is a gallery of four arches framed with the aid of columns attached to the wall, decorated with capitals of vegetable and figurative type.

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