La Magdalena Palace and Gardens
SANTANDER Civil architecture
Access
It is located on the Magdalena Peninsula.
Epoch
It was built on the initiative of the Santander City Council, by means of a popular vote in order to be donated to King Alfonso XIII, who used it between 1913 and 1930 as a summer residence. The works began in 1909 and were concluded in 1911, being executed by the Cantabrian architects J. González Riancho and Gonzalo Bringas.
Description
The building has a complex layout, with two main entrances, one to the north, with a portico, and another on the southern façade, with a staircase. The tower and the arrangement of the different bodies of the palace make up a slender and elegant building, to which the wide openings of the south façade give a characteristic luminosity and aesthetics. Inside, the main staircase and its dependencies, lounges, offices, etc. are noteworthy, among which is an Adam-style room. The collection of furniture, photographs and paintings, from the time when the Palace was a royal residence, make up a beautiful and outstanding decoration that evoke the first decades of the 20th century. Among the pictorial works, there are paintings by masters of the time, such as Sorolla, Sotomayor, etc.
Characteristics
Palace from the beginning of the century, with a complicated structure and surrounded by extensive gardens and wooded areas. It is drawn from disparate architectural influences, mainly English and French, as well as neo-mountain and modernist influences.
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