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Episcopal Palace, Astorga

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The Episcopal Palace of Astorga is a building in Astorga, in the Spanish province of Leon, designed by the Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí and built between 1889 and 1913. It is one of only three buildings Gaudí completed outside Catalonia, raised in gray granite in a neo medieval Catalan Modernisme style after fire destroyed the earlier episcopal palace on the site. Gaudí resigned from the project in 1893 after the bishop who commissioned it died, and the architect Ricardo Garcia Guereta finished the building between 1907 and 1915. It later served as a Falange headquarters during the Spanish Civil War and today houses the Museo de los Caminos, a museum of religious art devoted to the Way of St James.

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Building TypeSourced to the subject's own account
Monument 2
LocationSourced to the subject's own account
Astorga, Spain 2
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1889 1
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Standing 1
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Monument 2
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1. Episcopal Palace, Astorga (Wikipedia)
  • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Episcopal_Palace,_Astorga, lead definition
    The Episcopal Palace of Astorga (Spanish: Palacio Episcopal de Astorga) is a building by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí.
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    The Episcopal Palace of Astorga (Spanish: Palacio Episcopal de Astorga) is a building by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí. It was built between 1889 and 1913.
  • Wikipedia infobox completion_date/completed/built field (1889)
    The Episcopal Palace of Astorga (Spanish: Palacio Episcopal de Astorga) is a building by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí. It was built between 1889 and 1913. Designed in the Catalan Modernisme style, it is one of only three buildings by Gaudí outside Catalonia.
  • In Style: Catalan Modernisme, Infobox: architectural_style
    Modernisme
  • Uses Element: Granite, Wikipedia article
    The edifice, built in gray granite from El Bierzo, is in a neo-medieval style harmonizing with its location, including the cathedral in particular.
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2. Episcopal Palace, Astorga (Wikidata)
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  • Wikidata instance-of (P31) statement (Monument)
    Wikidata item Q507390, instance of (P31): monument
  • Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Astorga, Spain
    Wikidata item Q507390, property P131/P17 (location): Astorga, Spain
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