Palacio de la casa Calderón - Barcience, Toledo, España
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N 39° 58.989 W 004° 14.001
30S E 394694 N 4426615
También conocido como Casa de los Tarazona.
Waymark Code: WM17F62
Location: Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
Date Posted: 02/11/2023
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Torgut
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También conocido como Palacio de Barcience o Casa de los Tarazona.
Palacio abandonado.
Lo construyeron los señores de Silva.
Después paso a manos de la Iglesia.
Posteriormente fue comprado por los Taramonas y mas tarde lo compraron los Calderones.
Y tal era la abundancia de perdices y conejos que se criaban sobre los algo más de 19 kilómetros cuadrados del término municipal que el anterior Jefe del Estado Español, Francisco Franco; sus ministros y personalidades acudían a disfrutar de jornadas cinegéticas. Para ello se alojaban en este palacio.
El palacio tuvo un reloj que ha sido expoliado, tenia en su pate interior central unos jardines con algunas fuentes.
Alrrededor de estos jardines estaban las dependecias para la autosuficiencia del palacio por ejenplo un molino de aceite, almacenes del grano, paja etc.
Donde se encontraba el reloj estaban las habitaciones de los señores, mas adelante estaban las caballerizas.
También disponía de su propia bodega que se estuvo usando hasta los años 70 del siglo XX.
En el interior del edificio señorial en la plata baja disponía de grandes salones.
En la entrada había una réplica del cuadro "La fragua de Vulcano" de 3 metros de ancho x 2 de alto aproximadamente.
También tenia su propia capilla. En la capilla estuvo un tiempo la imagen de Santa Julita porque en la iglesia habia obras.
Tenía tambien una cabeza de toro disecada de "Bilador", el toro que se llevó la vida de Joselito "El Gallo", en la plaza de toros de Talavera de la Reina en 1920. Dicen los más antiguos que el torero le brindó la muerte de ese toro los Taramonas, entonces dueños del Barcience.
En las tres plantas tienen varias habitaciones para la servidumbre y para los señores.

Also known as Palacio de Barcience or Casa de los Tarazona.
abandoned palace.
The lords of Silva built it.
Later it passed into the hands of the Church.
Later it was bought by the Taramonas and later by the Calderones.
And such was the abundance of partridges and rabbits that were raised on the slightly more than 19 square kilometers of the municipal term that the previous Head of the Spanish State, Francisco Franco; its ministers and personalities came to enjoy hunting days. For this they stayed in this palace.
The palace had a clock that has been looted, it had gardens with some fountains in its central inner part.
Around these gardens were the dependencies for the self-sufficiency of the palace, for example, an oil mill, grain stores, straw, etc.
Where the clock was located were the rooms of the lords, further on were the stables.
It also had its own winery that was used until the 1970s.
Inside the stately building on the ground floor there were large rooms.
At the entrance there was a replica of the painting "La forge of Vulcano" approximately 3 meters wide x 2 meters high.
It also had its own chapel. The image of Santa Julita was in the chapel for a while because there were works in the church.
He also had a stuffed bull's head from "Bilador", the bull that took the life of Joselito "El Gallo", in the Talavera de la Reina bullring in 1920. The oldest say that the bullfighter gave him death from that bull the Taramonas, then owners of Barcience.
On the three floors they have several rooms for the servants and for the lords.

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