Santa Cruz Palace

The Palacio de Santa Cruz in Valladolid is the first Renaissance buildings in Spain.

Formerly the seat of the Colegio Mayor Santa Cruz, then temporarily place the government sculpture museum, it now houses the Rectorate of the University of Valladolid, the University Museum, a valuable library and a collection of African art.

History

Pope Sixtus IV authorized in May 1479 founding of the Colegio Mayor by Cardinal Pedro González de Mendoza, construction began but only 1486th As an architect Pedro Pulido is suspected, or Enrique Egas or Juan guas. For the change of style in the course of construction of Lorenzo Vázquez de Segovia is likely to have responsibility. Cardinal Mendoza took namely from the 1488 approved the Gothic style of the building distance and ordered the continued construction in the style of the Renaissance. Completion was 1491st

Larger modifications found in 1603 by Juan de Nates place (column exchange in the courtyard), in 1744 by Juan de Sagarvinaga and Domingo de Ondategui and 1765-68 by Ventura Rodríguez and his student Manuel Godoy ( replacing the Gothic window).

The college remained closed during the Napoleonic Wars and served, among other things, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington as a residence. 1838 was definitely closed. In the 20th century it became the seat of the Rector.