Palacio del Marqués de Mirabel, Renaissance palace in Plasencia, Spain
The Palacio del Marqués de Mirabel is a Renaissance palace in central Plasencia, built around a two-story courtyard with semicircular arches and stone walls carved with family coats of arms. The building is also connected to a hanging garden that links it to a nearby church.
The palace was begun in the 15th century by Álvaro de Zúñiga, who held the title of Duke of Plasencia under the Catholic Monarchs. Later owners continued to reshape the building through the 16th century, giving it the Renaissance form it retains today.
The rooms inside display tiles from the Yuste Monastery alongside Roman objects brought from Italy, arranged as they might have been when the family lived here. Walking through the space gives a sense of the tastes and habits of the people who once called this place home.
The palace is only open to visitors as part of a guided tour, and it sits in central Plasencia within easy walking distance of the old town. It is worth checking in advance which days tours are available, as they are not offered every day.
The hanging garden connecting the palace to the church of Santo Domingo holds Roman columns and stone sculptures gathered from the ancient sites of Cáparra and Mérida. These pieces were treated not just as decoration but as genuine archaeological objects worth collecting and preserving.
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