On Friday, January 10, enjoy, in the Archbishop’s Palace of Alcalá, an exhibition and a new projection of the virtual recreation “Un Paseo por Palacio”.
On November 30, 2013, as Dream! Alcala said, the video presentation Un paseo por Palacio was held at the Corral de Comedias, a magnificent digital recreation that shows good part of the Archbishop’s Palace as it was before the fire that devastated two thirds of its length in 1939, and subsequent looting and neglect.
ARPA, the Association for the Recovery of the Archbishop’s Palace in Alcalá de Henares, gave us the opportunity to share the video with all of you, and since then many people have already enjoyed this great work.
Now we are pleased to announce a new chance to enjoy a new projection in a great Alcala’s historic building, the Círculo de Contribuyentes (plaza de Cervantes, 9) on Friday, Janury 10 at 6:00 p.m.
After the projection, you can assist to a conference by Carlos Clemente San Román, architect of the Technical Office of the University of Alcalá.
- Where: Círculo de Contribuyentes (plaza de Cervantes, 9).
- When: Friday, Janury 10 at 6:00 p.m.
If you are unable to attend, then you can watch the video that will be screened:
A little bit of History
The origin of the Archbishop’s Palace in Alcalá comes from the thirteenth century, with the Archbishop Jiménez de Rada. Successive Toledo prelates reformed and magnified it to transform it into one of the finest Renaissance palaces in Spain. After years of ruin and destruction, the Palace was assigned in 1859 to the State, which restored it to host the General Archives of the Kingdom of Spain.
During the Civil War received no serious damages, although it was headquarters of the Republican army and workshop, use the victorious army remained. On August 11, 1939 it suffered a major fire that destroyed the building and its documents, the causes of the fire were never clarified. Then there was only looting and neglect.
The Palace has been the scene of important events in the history of Spain. It was inhabited by almost all the kings of Castile. Here King Juan I died, and born Catherine of Aragon, Queen of England, and Ferdinand of Habsburg, German Emperor.
In the Archbishop’s Palace, Aragon and Castile concluded the conquest of the kingdom of Granada, in its rooms the process against the Templars was initiated, and councils and courts were celebrated, such as those in 1348 wich enacted the Ordinance of Alcalá, original compilation of laws of Castile. And in the Palace the first interview between Queen Elizabeth and Christopher Columbus was held.
Screensohts extracted from the video produced by Jon Uriarte and ZCoorp company
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This virtual recreation was made to rescue the image and memory of the Archbishop’s Palace, making it known to the present generation. Well aware of its historical and artistic importance, its potential will be conceived and their recovery will be possible.
This video was promoted, designed and developed by the Association for the Recovery of the Archbishop’s Palace of Alcalá de Henares (ARPA), in collaboration with the Telefónica Foundation.
Additional information:
- Asociación para la Recuperación del Palacio Arzobispal de Alcalá de Henares
- Palacio Arzobispal
- Antiquarium
- Círculo de Contribuyentes