In the heart of Valladolid, Spain, the Vivero Palace (Palacio de los Vivero) dates back to the 15th century. Commissioned by Alonso Pérez de Vivero, the chief accountant to King John II of Castile, it was built around 1440 in a Gothic-Mudéjar style. From the late 15th century, it housed the Real Audiencia y Chancillería de Valladolid.
The palace is most renowned for being the site of the 1469 marriage between Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon. Today, visitors can admire the architecture of the palace, which has a rammed-earth structure and a central two-storey patio, and explore its history as it now houses the Provincial Historical Archive of Valladolid.
The building is set on a quadrangular plan with a 16th-century Tuscan gallery running along the south front. It was declared a monumento histórico-artístico by decree of 9 July 1964.
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Written by Nik Frost
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