Zarzuela Palace

The Zarzuela Palace is the house of King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain and their circle of relatives. The palace is on the outskirts of Madrid, near the Royal Palace of El Pardo. The complicated additionally homes the respectable house of King Felipe VI and his circle of relatives in a nearby mansion. The palace is owned by means of the Spanish State and administered via a kingdom employer named the Patrimonio Nacional National Estate.

During the 17^th century, King Felipe IV of Spain ordered a rustic palace or looking lodge to be built at La Zarzuela near Madrid. The call Zarzuela is thought to be derived from the phrase "zarzas" that means brambles, due to its function as a hunting resort, that means that it's far located among the brambles of the King's Hunting Grounds. It changed into a square, slate-roofed constructing with two lateral arcades. King Carlos IV had the building altered to conform it to 18th century style, and embellished it with tapestries and porcelain, as well as furnishings and his a lot-loved clocks.