The Palacio de los Zúñiga: A 15th-century palace-castle in Curiel de Duero

The Palacio de los Zúñiga was built in 1410 by Diego López de Zúñiga, the founder of the Casa de Zúñiga, in the municipality of Curiel de Duero. The palace was known as Palacio de Justicia Mayor because justice was administered there by the Comunidad de villa y tierra de Curiel until the disappearance of the Antiguo Régimen after 1812.

The building features a rectangular plan with towers in the corners. It originally had a central courtyard with arched columns, and its main door is ogival with ashlar stone voussoirs. The palace was also known as the castillo-palacio de los Zúñiga. It later belonged to the casa Ducal de Osuna, which sold it to Indalecio Martínez Alcubilla in 1866.

In the second decade of the 20th century, the palace suffered irreversible deterioration after being looted of items of economic value, such as plasterwork and coffered ceilings. Parts of this decoration can still be seen in the Museo Arqueológico Nacional de Madrid. During its era of splendor, the palace was said to have displayed chains on its walls that had surrounded the tent of the caudillo Miramamolín, seized by knights from the villa that participated in the Las Navas de Tolosa.

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