Palacio del Marqués de Palomares
The Palacio del Marqués de Palomares (Spanish for: Palace of the Marquis of Palomares) was one of the demolished buildings of the former precious Plaza del Duque, was where today rises the El Corte Inglés store Del Duque.
There was the huge Palacio de los Duques de Medina Sidonia (los Guzmanes) this latter was destroyed after the Napoleonic invasion and whose site was built the mid-19th century Palacio del Marqués de Palomares, demolished in 1965.[1]
History
In 1879 Don Juan Antonio Fernández de la Riva, a lucky Sevillian merchant, bought the building located in Plaza del Duque, number 10, in third auction deserted to the Marquis of Palomares, and founded the Almacenes del Duque (Stores of the Duke), placing on its roof an monumental overburden covering the courtyard recycled in fabric store of clothing and drapery.
On the death of he, continued in the business his children Manuel, graduate in Law and Philosophy and Letters and María. Interestingly all the children of both brothers were born and lived in the palace in the spacious area enabled for residence.
The son, Manuel Fernández Escobar, took the generational change and achieved a successes stage became Almacenes del Duque in emblematic establishment of the local trade of textiles, clothing and parcels.
Relate the heirs of Manuel Fernández Escobar who have spent many years resisting the effects of aging of the building, as the humidity that kept the walls of enormous width and the sunken roofs, to the point that they had hired all year a crew of masons to fix the constant damage.[2]
Since 1960 are made efforts sale at the City Hall, Civil Government, Ministerial delegations, etc., but none of these public body want or could cope with the acquisition of this impressive property.
In 1964 it acquired Jorge Bardeau and then sold to El Corte Inglés, being shot down in 1965.
In this building site, and the adjacent Palacio de Sánchez Dalp and Colegio Alfonso X el Sabio, built El Corte Inglés its current department stores.
The Plaza del Duque de la Victoria came to mid 1960s with the buildings of the palace and houses the Marqués de Palomares, Sánchez Dalp and de la familia Cavaleri plus the Hotel Venecia. The four buildings mentioned, plus the school Colegio Alfonso X el Sabio, formed in the plaza a varied architectural ensemble that matched in styles Eclectic, Sevillan Regionalist, and of the 16th century.[3]
Description
One of the most beautiful elements of its structure was the stairs to the top floor.
Inside presents plasterwork of both windows and of arches and walls, also two lions flanking the stairs.[4]