The Palace of the Marquis of Santa Cruz is a 16th-century building in Viso del Marqués, Spain. Commissioned by Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquis of Santa Cruz, it was built by the Italian architects Juan Baptista Bergamasco and Juan Baptista Olamasquín in 1564, following the Genoese aesthetics.
The interior was decorated with mouldings, doorways, fireplaces and frescoes, following the Genoese aesthetics. The collection of frescoes in the palace has been noted among the highlights of the Spanish Renaissance. The palace was declared a national historic-artistic monument in 1931.
Since 1950, the building houses the premises of the General Archive of the Spanish Navy.
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