Palace of Valsain

It is located in Valsain in the Province of Segovia, in the Castile and León Autonomous region of central Spain.

The architecture of the palace was heavily influenced by Netherlandish/Flemish architecture, such as Binche Palace, features of which were until then unknown in Spain: steeply pitched slate roofs, slated spires, dormer windows.

The palace was the birthplace of princess Isabella Clara Eugenia,[1] daughter of Philip II of Spain and his third wife Elisabeth of Valois,[2] who later together with her husband Albert VII, Archduke of Austria became sovereign of the Spanish Netherlands in the Low Countries and the north of modern France.

The English Prince Charles came to Valsain in 1623, during the visit known as the "Spanish match".

Due to the political situation in Spain and the crisis around the succession, King Charles II was not able to restore the palace.