Stroke: Palacio de Villalón
Yesterday we did echo the inauguration of the Carmen Thyssen Museum in Málaga. Tracing the Press, has drawn attention to an interesting article on the history of Palacio de Villalón, past singular building, remodeling from head to toe to become a worthy part of the spectacular private collection, donated by Carmen Cervera the City of Manchester. We quote verbatim:
"The researcher and writer Antonio Lara, author of several monographs on personalities in the history of Malaga Armengual Lorenzo de la Mota or Iznate Marquis, has studied the history of the building, full of interesting characters . "It is said to be built in the sixteenth century and was a conqueror Burgos from Malaga, which I have seen is that the family belonged to Fernandez de Villalón, Setenil natural, Cádiz, and were conquerors and settlers of Round" . As a curiosity, Antonio Lara explains that a family member was one of the companions of Magellan on his expedition around the world in 1519, although he could not complete because he died in the Philippines.
Life in the Eighteenth Century:
The building, a short walk from the Plaza Mayor, the main Malaga, collected real importance in the eighteenth century through the marriage in 1707 of Victoria Catherine Villalon Mendoza, Gaspar de Bracamonte y Zapata, Marquis IV Source The Sun is precisely the arms of the respective family lineages (Villalón Mendoza, Zapata Narvaez) are those that dominate the front of the house. The shield can be Crown-to-.La Marquis couple lived for a time in the Company Street home and killed her husband in 1733, left to the widow and children in dire economic straits. The greatest of all, Augustine Sunday Bracamonte and Villalón Mendoza, became the Marquis V Source The Sun, in addition to the Marquis of Cañete and XIII Navamorcuende and although he married twice, had no descendants. Antonio Lara stresses that Bracamonte-Villalón were buried in the chapel of the Heart of Mary in the Church of the Martyrs. Just in 1777, the sisters Mariana and Ana Villalon, known as Malaga Villalona, \u200b\u200bbe responsible for repair church after the damage in the earthquakes of 1680 and 1755. In this church you can still see the family coat of arms. "This family became extinct because they died without issue," says Antonio Lara, who notes that for decades the building was empty until the mid-nineteenth century, when Spain occupied by Avelino, from Yanguas in Soria.Aquí history differs because while the documents that have Antonio Avelino Lara note that Spain put a hardware store, a granddaughter of the Soria, who died in 1902, said that the store was of tissues. In any case, Avelino Spain, married to his niece Araceli Enciso, and then his family were the owners Villalón Palace until the 40's of last century. And it is curious that, at that time, he was considering moving to Villa Maria in the lemon, the new family home, coffered ceilings of the palace. "My mother at the end would have none of the transfer, there were artisans able to remove the paneling," says Avelino Spain's granddaughter. In the end, the house was sold to Don Trinidad Romero in those forties, "by about 500,000 pesetas, at that time was a lot of money," stresses the granddaughter of Avelino Spain. Don Trinidad Romero said, also put a fabric store. Antonio Lara estimated that in the late 50's or early 60's signature Álvarez-Galician-commercial put glassware and china shop, when they defaced the building. Now begins the journey of the Thyssen, the researcher Antonio Lara uses to ask institutions that do not repeat the story of the Picasso Museum and take the opportunity to rehabilitate the environment as soon as possible Villalón Palace. Such actions can not stop halfway. "
(Author: Alfonso Vázquez / La Opinión de Málaga)
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