THE MARQUÉS DEL ARCO PALACE: THE MATURITY OF THE SEGOVIANO PLATERESQUE

Abstract

In the late XV century and during the first third of the XVI century occurs in Segovia a socioeconomic transformation process that culminates in a new social model, more complex, that adopts a new architectural language. The Marqués del Arco palace illustrates in a peculiar way the use of such new language. The analysis of the palace insist in the urban characteristics, the typological modifications regarding other models, the stereotomic study of the courtyard and, without any doubt, the main contribution is the discovery of the domestic stays. In short, the comprehensive focus of the study.

Keywords

• plateresco
• casa patio