Edwin Lutyens - Spain

Spain

In Madrid he worked in the reconstruction of Liria Palace, which was severely damaged by the Francoist troops during the Spanish civil war. The works were commissioned by the Duke of Alba Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart y Falcó, who had met Lutyens while he was the Spanish ambassador to Great Britain. The palace is a neoclassical building by architect Ventura Rodriguez, it was commissioned by the I Duke of Berwick and Liria James Fitz-James at the service of King Philip V of Spain.