Historic building in Trujillo – Cáceres (Spain)

Historic building in Trujillo – Cáceres

Currently used as a hotel, this impressive Renaissance building was built in 1570 and occupies a total area of 965.50 m2. It is located just 300 meters from Trujillo's Plaza Mayor. The Monfragüe Natural Park is about 25 km away and offers spectacular natural scenery.
The Palace, overlooking Trujillo, houses elegant interiors and vaulted ceilings, a beautiful library with high ceilings and wooden beams, a bar area and lounges. The outdoor swimming pool and sun terrace are located in the palace gardens.
Isabel Mendoza, widow of Martín de Chaves Calderón, commissioned Trujillo architect Francisco Becerra to build a residence for her family in 1570. Becerra designed and built a unique building. So singular, that it is the only palace in the world that has a corner door and window.
To support the corner load of the entire block in two bays, Becerra used Gothic technology with pointed arches; the pointed arch at the entrance was framed by a simple cymatium in the shape of an alfiz, under a classic Renaissance pediment which frames the shields of the surnames of the Chaves-Mendoza couple. The balcony is flanked by two slender columns which in turn support the pediment and give the whole an ascending sensation with respect to the slope of via Palomas. Becerra blends Gothic and Renaissance.
This corner balcony deserved the honor of sharing the 1993 50 peseta coin, which commemorates Extremadura, on the obverse, together with the Roman Alcántara bridge.
Of the total area, seven hundred and nine square meters correspond to the garden area and the rest is built-up area which is described as follows:
GROUND FLOOR: the house itself, comprising entrance hall, toilet, bedroom, bathroom, dining room, kitchen, patio-dining room, living room, bedroom-study, living room, bathroom, car and room, occupies an area of two hundred and ninety-five meters and thirty decimeters square; the swimming pool, house-pool-dressing room, independent water tank and boiler-purifier-pump room, occupies a constructed area of sixty-two meters and fifty-five square decimetres; and the remainder of this plan is taken up by the area of the garden, i.e. six hundred and seven yards and sixty-five square decimetres.
FIRST FLOOR, comprising main hall, sitting room-office, terrace, bedroom, bathroom, bedroom, tower and staircase, master bedroom, bathroom, staircase, living room, kitchen, bathroom and two bedrooms, which occupies a constructed area of two hundred and seventy-seven meters and seventy-four square decimetres, of which thirty meters fourteen square decimetres correspond to the indicated terrace.
SECOND FLOOR, composed of tower-terrace, terrace, master bedroom, bedroom, bathroom, kitchenette, bedroom, bathroom, wardrobe room, bedroom-bathroom, which occupies a constructed area of one hundred and three and fifty-nine square decimetres, of which sixty-three and eighty-six meters square decimetres correspond to the terraces.

Cadastral references:
1920209TJ5712S0001OQ and 1920210TJ5712S0001FQ.

For further information consult the appraisal and the attached documentation.