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Surveying, Mapping and GIS Techniques
The artesonado of the hunters' lounge.
Palace of the infantado of guadalajara
A. M. Trallero Sanz (a), A. Marín Palma (a), A. López-Tercero (a),
G. de los Galanes (a), E. García Martínez
(a) Departamento de Arquitectura. Universidad de Alcalá
Abstract:
The Infantado Duke´s Palace was considered one of the best Gothic palaces of Spain. Its
owners, the diverse Infantado Dukes, devoted themselves for centuries to enriching it,
adapting it to the needs and likings of the moment, including panelworks in all the rooms,
mural paintings, ceramic paintings, tapestries collections of confectioners and of weapons,
carpets, etc. The beginning of the XXth century sees the start of a long period of decay and
its closure when it stopped being the private residence of the Dukes while keeping intact
all its real estate. Finally it was in the XXth century, that a fire produced by the fall of a
bomb destroyed it almost completely.
This article shows how magnificent the ceiling panelwork that convered the Hunters'
Lounge of the Palace was, returning to the historical documentary sources and to the
remaining fragmentary pieces that still survive in building´s cellar, which were classified
and catalogued and which according to the room dimensions, allowed us to trace their
development and, with the help of current graphical tools, enabled us to take one more
step and recreate an image of what these spaces might have looked like.
Keywords: Infantado
Corresponding Author: Antonio Miguel Trallero Sanz
Tel.: +34 949 209 633
Fax.: +34 949 209 682
e-mail: antonio.trallero@uah.es
Address: Escuela de Arquitectura Técnica. Edificio Multidepartamental C/ Cifuentes 28 19002-
GUADALAJARA (ESPAÑA)
June 15 th – 17 th , 2011, Venice, Italy
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