Imperial College become an important institution run by the Jesuits, and the model dome of the church would be imitated in all Spain, thanks to the cheap materials used in its construction. The Buen Retiro Palace was a vanished work by Alonso Carbonel, today on the grounds of the Buen Retiro Park, with beautiful rooms decorated by the best artists in times of Philip IV ( Velázquez, Carducci, Zurbarán). Juan Gómez de Mora built notable buildings such as Casa de la Villa, Prison of the Court, the Palace of the Councils and Royal Convent of La Encarnación. ![]() ![]() The material used was mostly brick and the humble façades contrast with the elaborate interiors. Many of the historic buildings of Madrid were built during the reign of the Habsburgs. These reforms were embodied in the Plaza Mayor, designed by Juan de Herrera (author of El Escorial) and Juan Gómez de Mora, characterized by its symmetry and austerity, as well as the new Alcázar, who would become the second most impressive royal palace of the kingdom. When Philip II moved his court to Madrid in 1561, a series of reforms began, reforms that aimed to transform the town into a capital city worthy of the name. Habsburgs transform Madrid into a capital city Nor has Madrid retained many examples of Renaissance architecture, except for the Cisneros house (one of the buildings flanking the Plaza de la Villa), the Bridge of Segovia and the Convent of Las Descalzas Reales, whose austere exterior gives no idea of the magnificent art treasures inside. Jerome, part of a monastery built by the Catholic Monarchs in the 15th century, and the Bishop's Chapel. Among the few preserved medieval buildings are the mudejar towers of San Nicolás and San Pedro el Viejo churches, the palace of Luján family (located in the Plaza de la Villa), the Gothic church of St. Historical documents show that the city was walled and had a castle (the Alcázar) in the same place where the Royal Palace now stands. Very little medieval architecture is preserved in Madrid, and most of it is located inside the Almendra Central. The architecture of Madrid reflects a number of styles from various historical periods. Cibeles Palace and Fountain have become the monument symbol of the city. ![]() Its landmarks include the Royal Palace of Madrid, the Royal Theatre with its restored 1850 Opera House, the Buen Retiro Park (founded in 1631), the 19th-century National Library building (founded in 1712) containing some of Spain's historical archives, a large number of national museums, and the Golden Triangle of Art located along the Paseo del Prado and comprising three art museums: Prado Museum, the Reina Sofía Museum, and the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, which completes the shortcomings of the other two museums. ![]() 514pp.The architecture of Madrid has preserved the look and feel of many of its historic neighbourhoods and streets, even though Madrid possesses a modern infrastructure. Hundreds of black and white photographs and diagrams and 114 pictures in colour. The book first explores the Visigothic, Asturian, Repopulation or Mozarabic background of the early Romanesque buildings in Spain, before moving to the developed Romanesque of Sant Vicenc de Cardona and many other buildings, finishing with the Pilgrimage Churches such as Santiago del Compestela. It is written by a professor emeritus of the University of Strathclyde who has not only been a practicing architect with a keen understanding of the meaning of buildings, but one with a firm command of both the early sources and modern European scholarship on the subject. This sumptuous and pioneering book is a much-needed account in English of the rich architectural heritage of early medieval Spain, beautifully illustrated with the author?s own professional plans, axonometric drawings and several hundred revealing photographs.
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