Palacio Real de Riofrío

Today: Palacio Real de Riofrío, Riofrío

Place: Real Sitio de San Ildefonso
Kind: Palace
Built: 1751 to 1762
What remains: Standing
Visiting: Open to visit

The hunting palace built between 1751 and 1762 for Isabel de Farnesio, Italian in style and square in plan, designed by Virgilio Rabaglio in the likeness of the Royal Palace of Madrid. It stands in the Riofrío enclave of the San Ildefonso municipality, surrounded by a 625-hectare wood with fallow and red deer. Patrimonio Nacional runs it, and it houses the Hunting Museum.

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