The Casa del Sol palace in Valladolid

Sancho Díaz de Leguízamon commissioned the Palacio del Conde de Gondomar in 1540. The exterior features Plateresque stone masonry, detailed grotesque decorations, and Corinthian columns surrounding a central arch. A decorative comb added around 1600 sits above the entrance balcony. This carving displays the shield of the Conde de Gondomar and a sun, which earned the building its name, the Casa del Sol.

In 1599, don Diego Sarmiento de Acuña bought the estate. He enlarged the palace to accommodate a private library. According to the data, the shelves with books occupied the walls of four large rooms up to the ceiling. The books were sold by don Diego's descendants to Carlos IV in 1806 and are mostly kept in the Biblioteca Nacional de España.

The house, which includes the church of San Benito el Viejo since the Renaissance, was bought in 1912 by the Madres Oblatas, who remained in it until 1980, when the buildings passed to the Padres Mercedarios Descalzos by purchase. In 1999, the State acquired the palace and the church to expand the Museo Nacional de Escultura. The church now holds classical funds from the former Museo Nacional de Reproducciones Artísticas while the rest of the palace is being studied for rehabilitation to house the remaining pieces.

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