Palacio del Marqués de Portugalete

The palace contained tapestries and paintings by Francisco Goya, Vicente López, Palmaroli, Eduardo Rosales, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Francisco Pradilla Ortiz, Madrazo, Antonio Gisbert, José Casado del Alisal, and the renowned sculptor Mariano Benlliure.

To highlight the design of the central body, the facade of the calle de Alcalá formed a curved space.

The palace and its contents however were inherited by his widow, María Dolores del Collado y Echagüe, who really gave it luster and fame, especially through her celebrated parties and meetings.

For many years the palace was a meeting place for the wealthy and political classes of the time, such as Cánovas del Castillo.

In its halls national politics were so commonplace that once, leaving Cánovas this palace with a large representation of the Government, a reporter asked: "Mr. President, had there a been Council meeting?"

Palacio del Marqués de Portugalete photographed by Jean Laurent in 1880 for Urbanity.
Palacio del Marqués de Portugalete in the late 19th century.
A hall in the Palacio del Marqués de Portugalete.