Palacio de la Duquesa de Medina de las Torres, Madrid, Cultural museum in Paseo de Recoletos, Madrid, Spain.
The Palacio de la Duquesa de Medina de las Torres is a grand building constructed of red brick and white stone across four floors with a semi-basement level. Corner towers define its exterior and make it stand out along the street.
The palace was built between 1881 and 1884 for Duchess Maria Eulalia Osorio de Moscoso y Carvajal on the site of a former circus. Major renovations around 1910 added the distinctive corner towers and reshaped the building's appearance.
The name honors the duchess whose family commissioned the building as their residence. Today the exhibitions show artworks from an era when these rooms were still used as a private home.
The museum occupies three exhibition floors with entrance points at two nearby addresses. Visitors can enter from either location and move through the spaces to view the rotating exhibitions.
The original circus use of the site is completely hidden today, yet this transformation shapes how the place is understood. Few visitors realize that beneath the current art museum once stood a venue where performances drew crowds from across the city.
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