General information
| Destination |
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| Jerez de la Frontera, Spain |
Program details
The Palace is located in what was called after the Reconquest, Calle Real (Royal Street), then it changed to Pozuelo (Calle Pozuelo) and later on to Conde de los Andes after the death of the 6th Count of the Andes. The City Council named the street after him. The cereony took place on the 18th September, 1963. It was chaired by his Lordship the Mayor Tomás García-Figueras.
The building has undergone many changes. Its construction is from the time of the Moors. The foundations are from that time and other remains have been found after renovations. We do not know to whom the house belonged to in the time of the Moors, but surely it was to someone important due to its size and its proximity to the Alcázar (Fortress or castle).
The conquest of Jerez took place in 1264, when Alfonso X "The Sage" suffocated a revolt. The King gave away the city's important houses to the forty knights whom he also left to live in the city. The book of distribution of Jerez houses is kept in the archives of the Town Hall, which is in the Plaza de la Asunción. From this book we know that the first Christian owner of the palace was Basco Martínez de Trujillo. Basco's grandson, Juan Martínez de Trujillo, was the first if the 13 councilors of Jerez.
Possession was transmitted from parents to children, and in 1590 was linked to an entailed estate. From the Trujillo family the palace passed on to the Martínez de Hinojosa, another old noble family and one of the conquerors and settlers of Jerez. Mrs. Nicolasa Martínez de Hinojosa and Trujillo, mother of the Viceroy, married Don Álvaro de la Serna, thus linking the house to this name. Mrs. Nicolasa de la Serna married Don Fernando Moreno, whose surname is still held by the current owners.
The palace acquired its neoclassical imprint in the late XVII and early XIX century, when the aristocracy finally settled in court and in other cities and their life ceased to be itinerant. As a result, the palaces increased their number of rooms, the furniture became more rich and heavy and artistically adorned in response to a more intense social life imitating the Paris salons fashion.
The last renovations of the palace took place for the canonical coronation of the "Virgen del Carmen", in April 1925. A wing was added to the house to accommodate guests. Amongst the guests King Alfonso XIII and the whole of the goverment came to attend this event.
Duration: 30 minutes.
Start/opening time: From October to May mornings from 10am to 2pm; evenings from 4pm to 7pm. From June to September mornings from 10am to 2pm; evenings from 5pm to 8pm. Open from Tuesday to Sunday. Closed on Mondays and Sundays afternoon.
Languages: Guided visits in Spanish, English and French.
Others: Up to 15 people by strict arrival order. Guided visits not included, customers can choose to participate and pay locally.
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