Palacio del Marqués de Alcañices

It was sold in 1882 on the occasion of the works of extension of the calles Zorrilla and de los Madrazo, and today in part of the land that occupied the palace rises the building the Bank of Spain.

At the time of Alcañices, which will give the final name to the palace, between the visitors are Isidro González Velázquez, Guesdon, Parcerisa, Clifford, Laurent, etc.

Starting mid-century reflects little variations only important in the gardens as long as changing according to the tastes of the moment, and the last time, for example in the plan of Íbero of 1875, appears entirely English, no trace of the early parterres.

José Osorio y Silva, in 1872, makes a new reform of the Palace ordering the work to Francisco de Cubas y González-Montes, better known today as Marquis of Cubas, after the Duke marriage to Princess Sofia Sergeyevna Trubetskaya, and also due to the political role played by the marriage in the Bourbon Restoration; inhabited by the Dukes of Sesto, the palace became the center of the Alfonsine meetings.

It is striking that just as the origin of the palace itself is paralleled with the Palacio de Lerma-Medinaceli, this too, like that, acquired its most elegant and refined appearance just a few years before its destruction.