Palacio del Licenciado Butrón, Renaissance palace in Plaza Santa Brígida, Valladolid, Spain
The Palacio del Licenciado Butrón is a Renaissance building located on Plaza Santa Brígida in Valladolid. Its interior features a three-story courtyard with Ionic columns, Renaissance arches, and medallions displaying justice motifs.
Francisco de Butrón, a lawyer at the Royal Chancellery, commissioned this palace between 1565 and 1572. The construction incorporated existing 15th-century buildings into the new Renaissance structure.
The palace displays through its decorations and noble facade the status held by legal professionals in 16th-century Spain. The medallions with justice motifs directly reflect the owner's profession as a royal lawyer.
The building now houses the General Archive of Castilla y León and is located at Plaza Santa Brígida 8, at the corner with Calle San Diego. Access to the interior courtyard may vary depending on the archive's operating hours and current activities.
The interior courtyard displays a striking asymmetry with three sides featuring columns while the fourth side has a stone wall decorated with Flemish-inspired medallions. This unusual arrangement creates a distinctive Renaissance design rarely seen in other palaces.
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