Pasaje González, Covered shopping gallery in Valladolid, Spain
The Pasaje Gutiérrez is a covered commercial gallery running between Fray Luis de León and Castelar streets in central Valladolid. Two brick-fronted galleries with iron-and-glass roofs meet under a glass dome, and the walls carry stucco work and paintings by Salvador Seijas. The glass came from the royal crystal factory at La Granja, and the entrances bear the inscription "1885-86 Pasaje Gutiérrez".
Eusebio Gutiérrez commissioned the passage in 1885 from architect Jerónimo Ortiz de Urbina, and it opened in 1886 between Fray Luis de León and Castelar streets. It was modeled on Parisian covered galleries and is one of only three such passages surviving in Spain. It was declared a Bien de Interés Cultural in 1998.
The rotunda's Mercury is a copy of Giambologna's bronze, whose original of around 1580 is in Florence's Bargello. Four female statues before the pilasters personify the seasons, and the ceiling frescoes by Salvador Seijas (1837–1913) show allegories of industry, agriculture and commerce; a fourth scene has been lost.
The passage runs between Calle Fray Luis de León and Calle Castelar, two short blocks from the Plaza Mayor. Enter from either street; the two galleries meet at the central rotunda under the glass dome, so you can cross the block without stepping outside. The floor is level throughout.
The glass of the roof came from the royal crystal factory of La Granja de San Ildefonso, in the province of Segovia. Above part of the passage are apartments whose wooden ceiling was painted by Salvador Seijas with allegories of industry, agriculture and commerce; a fourth scene has disappeared.
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