The palace that declared Franco Jefe Superior

Palacio de Capitanía General is a building in Burgos, Spain. It is internationally known for being the place where Francisco Franco was declared Jefe Superior de los Ejércitos de España, marking the end of the Spanish Civil War. The proclamation of the end of the Spanish Civil War took place from its balcony. The palace was built on the site of the Casa de las Cuatro Torres, construction began in 1903 and was completed in 1908.

In 1927, it was transferred to the Ministry of Defense. The building was constructed by Saturnino Martínez Ruiz. The zaguán (entrance hall) has a richly decorated ceiling and windows with the coats of arms of the provinces of the old Pirenaica Occidental Military Region. There is a staircase with three stained-glass windows. The left window depicts the Count of Castro, Adelantado Mayor de Castilla, dictating an arbitration law. The central window shows an allegory of the city with its coat of arms supported by a soldier and a herald.

The right window shows the oath of Isabel I of Castile in the Convent of San Ildefonso de Burgos in 1476. The ceiling has a glass-enclosed shield of Burgos, surrounded by the coats of arms of the Cid, Almirante Bonifaz, the Condestable of Castilla and Garci Martínez de Lerma (Mayor of Burgos). When returning the staircase there is a painting of The Surrender of Bailén, a copy of Alonso de Viso (1928), of the original by Casado del Alisal. The throne room has a ceiling with coats of arms of Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery and Engineers.

The balconies have stained glass depicting the Spanish coat of arms, two medieval castles and effigies of medieval warriors and soldiers of the Flanders Tercios.

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