Palacio de los Momos: A Time-Cloaked Renaissance Gothic Remnant

Palacio de los Momos: A Time-Cloaked Renaissance Gothic Remnant

A Renaissance palace with a Gothic heart, but only the façade remains today. In Zamora, Spain, unravel the story of the Palacio de los Momos.

Pedro Rodriguez de Ledesma constructed the Palacio de los Momos in the 15th or early 16th century, originally named Casa de los Sanabria. It served as a private residence, a meson, and a house for arriers. Today, only the façade of the original palace remains, adorned with Gothic Isabelino elements displaying dragons, odd animals, children fighting, and two crude busts on the sill. The main entrance is enclosed by a breaking chambrana, starting at approximately the height of the sillars (the dovelas at the corners, also known as dovelas basales).

Sources: Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons

Written by Nik Frost

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