Miramar Palace

The Miramar Palace is a late 19^th century palace positioned on the La Concha Bay of the town of Donostia, Basque Country, Spain. It become built in 1893 commissioned by means of the Spanish Royal Family, based on an 1889 mission via English architect Selden Wornum. The close courting among San Sebastian and the Spanish Royal Crown commenced with Isabella II of Spain, who, within the mid-19^th century, started to summer time inside the town to be able to take sea baths. The bond became more potent whilst Maria Christina of Austria, consort of Alfonso XII of Spain, moved the court's summer vicinity to San Sebastian whilst she changed into widowed.

The Royal Family's summer visits required a Royal Summer House, which became ordered by means of Maria Christina to English architect Selden Wornum. The website selected for the Palace turned into a big estate over La Concha Bay in which the Monastery of San Sebastian El Antiguo had been located; the Queen offered the property from the Count of Moriana. The property turned into enlarged with an adjacent estate wherein El Antiguo Church was placed the Church needed to be moved to a nearby web site, and a few other small estates. The Palace was completed in 1893, although a brand new constructing named the Pabellon del Principe was added in 1920. The production of the Palace required a false tunnel for the crossing of the trams-the tunnel passes under the Palace gardens.