{"id":4239,"date":"2016-01-13T16:42:23","date_gmt":"2016-01-13T15:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/?p=4239"},"modified":"2016-01-30T16:44:28","modified_gmt":"2016-01-30T15:44:28","slug":"velazquez-palace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shmadrid.com\/blog\/en\/velazquez-palace\/","title":{"rendered":"Vel\u00e1zquez Palace"},"content":{"rendered":"

Also known as Palacio de Exposiciones, <\/em>Vel\u00e1zquez Palace is one of the main buildings that can be found at the beautiful Buen Retiro Park in Madrid. The Vel\u00e1zquez Palace was built between the years of 1881 and 1883 for the Exposici\u00f3n Nacional de Miner\u00eda, an exhibition focused on mining, metallurgical arts, ceramics, glass and mineral waters. Almost all of the buildings created for the Exposici\u00f3n Nacional de Miner\u00eda were demolished when the event ended, but the Vel\u00e1zquez Palace, together with the Royal Pavilion, survived. ShMadrid<\/strong><\/a> will tell you a bit more about this special palace.<\/p>\n

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The history of the palace<\/h2>\n

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Vel\u00e1zquez Palace<\/strong> was originally named Palacio de Miner\u00eda<\/em>, or the Mining Palace, designed by Ricardo Vel\u00e1zquez Bosco, <\/strong>a Spanish architect<\/strong><\/a>, archeologist and scholar, working together with engineer Alberto de Palacio and ceramicist Daniel Zuloaga. The Palace is one of Ricardo Vel\u00e1zquez Bosco largest buildings, at 28.75 by 73.80 meters. Vel\u00e1zquez Palace is a neoclassical building whose exterior is decorated with red brick, tiles from the Royal Factory at La Moncloa, iron vaults and glass. Vel\u00e1zquez Palace has been used for a variety of exhibitions over the years, having featured works by artists like Jos\u00e9 Manuel Broto, Cindy Sherman, Nan Goldin, Antoni Miralda and Juan Mu\u00f1oz. The palace closed between the years of 2005 and 2010, so it could undergo restoration and conservation works. Today Vel\u00e1zquez Palace is managed by the Ministry of Culture, hosting several temporary exhibitions by the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia<\/strong><\/a>, Madrid\u2019s national museum of modern art.<\/p>\n

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Buen Retiro Park<\/strong> is as an enormous green space located in the neighborhood<\/strong><\/a> of Salamanca, being considered one of the most important locations in Madrid. The park has several points of interest, including a large number of statues, a lake, a fountain, and glass construction known as Palacio de Cristal<\/em>. The area that the park occupies today used to be used as a royal hunting ground, turned into royal park during the reign of Felipe IV. The park was the site of the king\u2019s Buen Retiro Palace, which meant it was closed to visitors. It was only in the year of 1868 the Buen Retiro Park<\/strong><\/a> became a public space. The Vel\u00e1zquez Palace is located between two lakes, a small lake and a large boating lake, occupying a central position in the Buen Retiro Park. Vel\u00e1zquez Palace is considered a\u00a0Bien de Inter\u00e9s Cultural<\/em> and can be visited live or virtually using Google Street View<\/a><\/strong>, which allows people to not only see the exterior but also the interior of the building.<\/p>\n

Have you been to Vel\u00e1zquez Palace? What did you like best?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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