Pantheon of the Duchess of Sevillano

Building in Guadalajara Province, Spain

40°37′40″N 3°09′22″W / 40.627696°N 3.156065°W / 40.627696; -3.156065Construction started1887Completed1916Design and constructionArchitect(s)Ricardo Velázquez Bosco

The Pantheon of the Duchess of Sevillano (Spanish: Panteón de la Duquesa de Sevillano or Spanish: Panteón de la Condesa de la Vega del Pozo) is an instance of funerary architecture built in eclectic style in Guadalajara, Spain.

Description

After being granted authorisation in June 1887,^[1] María Diega Desmaissières y Sevillano [es] (1852–1916), Countess of Vega del Pozo, commissioned the project for the construction of a mausoleum for herself to Ricardo Velázquez Bosco.^[2] The Countess was locally known in Guadalajara rather as duquesa de Sevillano ("Duchess of Sevillano"),^[3] after another of her nobiliary titles. She inherited a large fortune, and devoted an important part of it to cultural patronage.^[3]

The building has a floor plan shaped like a greek cross, and it is built in stone from Novelda.^[2] The iconic dome is covered with purple tiles.^[4] The interior of the building displays works by Alejandro Ferrant (a painting on the high altar) and bronze and marble sculptures by Ángel García Díaz [es], including the four angels flanking the sarcophagus in the pantheon's crypt.^[4]^[2] The design of the vault inspired a number of works by Velázquez Bosco's disciple Antonio Palacios.^[5]

The buildings works ended in 1916, the year in which the Countess died.^[6]

References

^ "Comienzan los actos del centenario del fallecimiento de la Duquesa de Sevillano". Guadaque. 8 May 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c Herrera Casado 2020.
^ ^a ^b García López 2012, p. 87.
^ ^a ^b Pradillo y Esteban 2008, p. 37.
^ Baldellou 2001, p. 284.
^ Gómez, Luis J. (17 April 2016). "La herencia de la Condesa". La Tribuna de Albacete.

Bibliography

Baldellou, Miguel Ángel (2001). "Palacios antes y después" (PDF). Antonio Palacios, constructor de Madrid. Madrid: Ediciones La Librería. pp. 283–287. ISBN 84-95889-04-8 – via Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.
García López, Aurelio (2012). Yebes. De los orígenes a la modernidad (PDF). Ayuntamiento de Yebes. ISBN 978-84-15537-20-5.
Herrera Casado, Antonio (26 February 2020). "El panteón de la duquesa de Sevillano". Nueva Alcarria.
Pradillo y Esteban, Pedro José (2008). "Un paseo por Guadalajara. La ruta de Velázquez Bosco" (PDF). Revista Fitur. Guadalajara: Ayuntamiento de Guadalajara: 33–39.