luxury furnished property for sale Santander, Spain

PALACE OF QUINTANA. The chronicles tell that Don José María Quintana Garay (1.871-1.944) like so many others, emigrated to Mexico where with much effort he made his fortune. On his return to Spain he settled in Madrid, and decided to build a summer house in his native Sopuerta, buying a house and land in the neighborhood of La Baluga, and later a second adjacent land to expand the farm. The project of reform and extension of the house was commissioned to the industrial engineer Miguel de la Colina Puyol who transformed it into the building we know today, being the mountain regionalist style, appreciating the two towers on both sides of the main façade with its large eaves and its triple windows, the most remarkable being its original angled windows. ~ ~ The result for the Quintana family, was a magnificent flat estate of 13,300 m² totally enclosed with high walls, and the renovated 3-storey palace, keeper's house, pediment and service area, all between a leafy woodland, gardens and bucolic corners where they enjoyed their retirement. ~ ~ In 2004 it was acquired and completely renovated, expanding auxiliary buildings to a total of 850 m² for use as a residence for the elderly until 2015, the date of the end of the activity. The reform provided the palace with an elevator, and the set of a total of 25 rooms and 15 adapted bathrooms, 6 toilets, dining rooms, and industrial kitchen and other dependencies of sanitary uses. However, its exquisite façade was maintained, and the entire ground floor of the palace, where its spacious hall and staircase, the hall of tapestries, its chapel, and east hall stand out... ~ ~ Today the property is a haven of peace and privacy within the valley of Sopuerta, located 14 km from Castro Urdiales and 29 km from Bilbao. In addition, other complementary endowments can be made within the large area of the property, such as swimming pool, garage, even heliport. ~ ~ Come and see your new residence, where you can continue the history of the Quintana Palace. Call. A specialized agent will accompany you on the visit and inform you of everything.~