Palacio de Monterrey

Today: Palacio de Monterrey, Salamanca

Place: Salamanca
Kind: Palace
Built: 1539
What remains: Standing
Visiting: Open to visit

A Plateresque palace built for the third Count of Monterrey, Alonso de Zúñiga y Acevedo Fonseca, to plans by Rodrigo Gil de Hontañón and Fray Martín de Santiago; work began on 18 January 1539. It was left unfinished: of a square-plan project only the south wing was built. It belongs to the House of Alba and since May 2018 it has been open to visits as a museum space.

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