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Façade of the Casa de la Panadería. The Casa de la Panadería is a municipal and cultural building on the north side of the Plaza Mayor in Madrid.It is four stories high, the ground floor comprising porticos and the top floor in the form of an attic, with its sides crowned by angular towers.
Casa de la Panadería. Located in Plaza Mayor, this emblematic Baroque building was given its name as the ground floor used to house the town's main bakery. Its origins date back to 1590, and throughout history it has been the headquarters of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, the Real Academia de la Historia, and the Municipal ...
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Casa de la Panadería. The present building of the Casa de la Panadería stands at number 27 on the north side of Madrid's Plaza Mayor, just behind the central statue of Felipe III. The original building was a wooden construction designed by Juan Gomez de Mora and completed in 1619. It was destroyed by fire in 1670 and was rebuilt by Thomas Roman.
Real Casa de la Panadería. The exquisite frescoes of the 17th-century Real Casa de la Panadería rank among Madrid’s more eye-catching sights. The present frescoes date to just 1992 and are the work of artist Carlos Franco, who chose images from the signs of the zodiac and gods (eg Cybele) to provide a stunning backdrop for the plaza.
The most beautiful part of Plaza Mayor is the centre section of the north side at the Casa de Panaderia building. This is where you find the four story facade decorated with delightful allegorical frescos painted in between each of the windows. The building was originally constructed in 1619 when the square itself was being designed and created.
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The Casa de la Panadería building is four stories high and is now used for Madrid's city government cultural headquarters. Date of origin:: Early 1600's Style: Mannerism (ca. 1520–1600)
This is part of Plaza Mayor, who King Philip III of Spain commissioned. This building was survived many fires and after the third one, it was used to help rebuild the damaged parts as a template. The Casa de la Panadería building is four stories high and is now used for Madrid's city government cultural headquarters.
