The Castril palace (also House of Castril) is a

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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 Archaeological Museum of Granada. 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

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, one of the most outstanding disciples of

Diego de Siloé Diego Siloe (anglicized) or Diego de Siloé (c. 1495–1563) was a Spanish Renaissance architect and sculptor, progenitor of the Granadan school of sculpture. He developed the majority of his work in Andalusia. Biography Siloe was most likely ...

. In 1917, the Castril palace was acquired by

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and orientalist Leopoldo Eguílaz y Yanguas to make it a definitive location of the Archaeological Museum of Granada.

References and notes

Houses completed in 1539 Buildings and structures in Granada Plateresque architecture in Andalusia Palaces in Andalusia 1539 establishments in Spain {{Granada-struct-stub