Torre Mirador - Palacio Consistorial - Antequera, Málaga, España
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N 37° 01.179 W 004° 33.761
30S E 360989 N 4098194
"Aunque la fachada se ha rehecho modernamente, aún se conservan en su interior importantes piezas del antiguo conjunto monástico, como el patio claustral y la suntuosa caja de la escalera principal.
Waymark Code: WM1925H
Location: Andalucía, Spain
Date Posted: 11/12/2023
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Mark1962
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"Aunque la fachada se ha rehecho modernamente, aún se conservan en su interior importantes piezas del antiguo conjunto monástico, como el patio claustral y la suntuosa caja de la escalera principal. El claustro se estaba levantando en 1679. Se trata de un patio claustral cuadrado de veinticinco metros de lado, de fábrica de ladrillo excepto las columnas toscanas, que son de caliza roja del Torcal.Las arquerías del primer cuerpo presentan molduración de progenie manierista, con ménsulas en las claves y quebrados triángulos resaltados en las enjutas.

El cuerpo superior abre al exterior siete balcones en cada frente, guarnecidos de pilastras lisas con orejetas y frontones partidos. En el centro del patio se alza una bella fuente de mármol. La caja de la escalera es la más monumental entre las barrocas antequeranas. Tiene planta rectangular y desarrolla tres tramos y dos descansos o rellanos. El pasamanos, el zócalo y el escalonamiento resultan verdaderamente palaciegos por la riqueza del material (mármoles pulimentados de distintos colores) y la belleza del diseño.

La pieza se cubre con bóveda de media naranja sobre pechinas guarnecidas de yeserías. En los extremos dos cuartos de esfera en forma avenerada completan de cubrir su planta rectangular. En el año 1845 fue adquirido todo el edificio conventual para ser dedicado a Palacio Municipal. Se emprendieron entonces importantes obras de readaptación que afectaron, fundamentalmente, a la fachada y a diversas dependencias interiores. De entre éstas destaca el Salón de Sesiones, de carácter decimonónico, decorado con pinturas al temple en 1890, así como el salón de los Reyes. La fachada actual, iniciada en 1953, se concibió dentro de un estilo neobarroco inspirado en modelos locales."


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"Although the façade has been redone modernly, important pieces of the old monastic complex are still preserved inside, such as the cloister patio and the sumptuous main staircase. The cloister was being built in 1679. It is a square cloister patio twenty-five meters on each side, made of brick except for the Tuscan columns, which are made of red Torcal limestone. The arches of the first body present molding of Mannerist origin, with corbels in the keystones and broken triangles highlighted in the spandrels.

The upper body opens to the outside with seven balconies on each front, trimmed with smooth pilasters with lugs and split pediments. In the center of the patio stands a beautiful marble fountain. The staircase is the most monumental among the antequeran baroque ones. It has a rectangular plan and develops three sections and two rests or landings. The handrail, the plinth and the steps are truly palatial due to the richness of the material (polished marbles of different colors) and the beauty of the design.

The piece is covered with a half-orange vault on pendentives trimmed with plasterwork. At the ends two quarter spheres in a veneered shape complete the covering of its rectangular floor plan. In 1845 the entire convent building was acquired to be dedicated to the Municipal Palace. Major readaptation works were then undertaken that mainly affected the façade and various interior rooms. Among these, the Session Hall stands out, of nineteenth-century character, decorated with tempera paintings in 1890, as well as the Kings' Hall. The current façade, begun in 1953, was conceived in a neo-baroque style inspired by local models."


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