Palace of Villamejor

The Palace of Villamejor (Spanish: Palacio de Villamejor) is a palace located on the Paseo de la Castellana in Madrid, Spain.

Palace of Villamejor
Native name Palacio de Villamejor (Spanish)
Location	Madrid, Spain
Coordinates	40.426302°N 3.690776°W / 40.426302; -3.690776
Spanish Cultural Heritage
Official name	Palacio de Villamejor
Type	Non-movable
Criteria	Monument
Designated	2003
Reference no.	RI-51-0010920
Location of Palace of Villamejor in Madrid Show map of Madrid Palace of Villamejor (Community of Madrid) Show map of Community of Madrid Palace of Villamejor (Spain) Show map of Spain

The palace was built for Ignacio Figueroa y Mendieta, marquess consort of Villamejor, between the 1880s and the 1890s. His heirs sold the property to Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies in 1906 and, in 1914, the prince sold it to the Spanish government as residence of the Prime Minister, a role that it maintained until 1976, when Adolfo Suárez moved the official residence over to the Palace of Moncloa. The palace now houses the Ministry for Territorial Policy Democratic Memory.

Conservation

The 19th-century building was declared a Property of Cultural Interest (Spanish: Bien de Interés Cultural) in 2003.^[1]