The Castril palace (also House of Castril) is a Renaissance style palace located in

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, a district of the

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city of

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. Nowadays it hosts the

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. The house is nailed in the Race of the Darro, in the old

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district of Ajsaris, seat of 16th century's granadine nobility. The palace is one of the best Renaissance palaces of Granada and belonged to the family of Hernando de Zafra, secretary of

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who participated actively in reconquering it from the Muslim hands during the

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. At the top of the facade the date of its foundation is recorded: 1539. This work has been attributed to Sebastián de Alcántara, one of the most outstanding disciples of

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. In 1917, the Castril palace was acquired by

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and orientalist

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to make it a definitive location of the Archaeological Museum of Granada.

References and notes

''Much of the content of this article comes from the equivalent Spanish-language Wikipedia article, accessed December 1, 2006.'' Houses completed in 1539 Buildings and structures in Granada Plateresque architecture in Andalusia Palaces in Andalusia 1539 establishments in Spain {{Spain-museum-stub