Abstract
In 1726 the Inquisition decided to rebuild its building: the Palace of Monterrey, in Santiago de Compostela. This intervention should have been made according to a project of Fernando de Casas but caused the moving of the Santo Oficio to a new building known as Casa Grande del Horreo or de Calo, in front of Porta da Mamoa. Thanks to unknown documents and the collection of plates of the Inquisition conserved at Archivo Historico Universitario de Santiago, we will analized the circumstances that caused the change of building as well as propose an hypothetical reconstruction of the Casa de Calo from the testimonies of those who knew it before of the deep removal, directed by the master mason of San Martin Pinario fray Francisco Velasco that transform it into a Palace of the Inquisition.
Highlights
Cuando en 1574 la Inquisición se instaló en Compostela se le cedió como sede el antiguo palacio de los Condes de Monterrey, situado en el frente norte de la plazuela de San Miguel, y lindando con el cierre oriental de la huerta del monasterio benedictino de San Martín Pinario1
In 1726 the Inquisition decided to rebuild its building: the Palace of Monterrey, in Santiago de Compostela. This intervention should have been made according to a project of Fernando de Casas but caused the moving of the Santo Oficio to a new building known as Casa Grande del Horreo or de Calo, in front of Porta da Mámoa
Thanks to unknown documents and the collection of plates of the Inquisition conserved at Archivo Histórico Universitario de Santiago, we will analized the circumstances that caused the change of building as well as propose an hypothetical reconstruction of the Casa de Calo from the testimonies of those who knew it before of the deep removal, directed by the master mason of San Martín Pinario fray Francisco Velasco that transform it into a Palace of the Inquisition
Summary
En 1726 el Tribunal de la Inquisición se propuso remodelar sus instalaciones en el Palacio de Monterrey, en Santiago de Compostela. A partir de documentación inédita y del estudio de la colección de planos de la Inquisición que conserva el Archivo Histórico Universitario de Santiago, analizaremos las circunstancias que motivaron el cambio de sede, y reconstruiremos la Casa de Calo según los testimonios de quienes la conocieron antes de que una profunda remoción dirigida por fray Francisco Velasco, maestro de obras de San Martín Pinario, la transformase en un palacio de la Inquisición. A partir de documentación inédita, e do estudio da colección de planos da Inquisición que conserva o Arquivo Histórico Universitario de Santiago, analizaremos as circunstancias que motivaron o cambio de sede, e reconstruiremos a Casa de Calo segundo as testemuñas dos que a coñeceron antes de que unha profonda reforma dirixida por frei Francisco Velasco, maestro de obras de San Martiño Pinario, a transformara nun pazo da Inquisición. THE NEW HOUSES OF THE INQUISITION IN SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA: FROM THE PALACE OF MONTERREY TO THE
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