Public building · Madrid
Cárcel de Corte
Today: Palacio de Santa Cruz, Madrid
- Place
- Madrid
- Kind
- Public building
- Built
- 1629 to 1636
- What remains
- Standing
- Visiting
- Visible from outside
The court prison Felipe IV had built for the magistrates of the royal household and court, its first stone laid on 14 September 1629. It was a prison until Felipe V turned it into a palace, and it is one of the emblematic buildings of Habsburg Madrid. It now houses the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and is seen from the plaza de la Provincia.
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