luxury property for sale Almagro, Spain

In Almagro, a 16th-century Renaissance palace with an arcaded courtyard and carved coats of arms. In 1539, German bankers who financed Charles V's empire had a palace built in Almagro. The portal, sculpted by Juan de Juren, master stonemason, opens onto a Renaissance courtyard where light plays between the arches. The columns still bear the coat of arms of the family who commissioned it. One hundred and fifty square metres of stone and silence, around which the entire residence is arranged. The rooms look out onto this empty centre as one might look out onto a winter garden. The coffered ceilings have stood the test of time. Behind them, a second patio garden bears traces of the horse-drawn carriages that used to enter through here. With an attic under the roofs and a cellar in the depths, the 1,459 m² building still breathes as it did when the Crown's creditors were received there. Almagro celebrates its classical theatre every summer. The palace, meanwhile, awaits its next life: residence, hotel, cultural venue. The stones know how to wait.