Palacio de Indo

Palacio de Indo photographed by J. Laurent.

Back facade of Palacio de Indo.

Palacio de Indo was a palace located in the Paseo de la Castellana (Madrid).

History

On land located around the Paseo del Cisne, current Paseo de Eduardo Dato, it was the Huerta de España (Garden of Spain) whose origins are very old. After belonging to different owners over the centuries, in the 19th century these lands were purchased by the Basque banker Miguel Sáinz de Indo, which built one of the finest neighborhoods, occupied by the aristocracy, known as the Barrio de Indo, and he raises his own palace, the Palacio de Indo, built by Agustín Ortiz de Villajos.

To the right of Paseo del Cisne, in 1866 Indo built his palace, surrounded by beautiful landscaped garden. There are very few remains of the old garden, then bounded by a fence, currently open; of the original trees survived three magnolias apparently -at until some time ago were four-, some thick trunk pagoda trees and shrubs.^[1]

Inside the luxurious palace was decorated by numerous works of art that had accumulated Indo and his descendants; in the early 20th century, both the mansion and its contents went up for auction, when the Duke of Montellano bought the building in 1901, but not take long to tear it down in 1904 to build a new one.^[2]

Description

The large surface area of the site allowed to build a set consisting of a main building exempted -of three floors topped with a slender balustrade- and a large garden in which there were plenty of greenhouses. The entire set was closed with an elegant cast-iron fence.

References

Demolished landmarks in Madrid
Founded before the Habsburgs	Royal Alcázar of Madrid Romanesque churches Atalaya de la Villa and Atalaya de la Corte Iglesia gótico-mudéjar de Humanejos
Built during the Habsburgs	Palacio del Buen Retiro Antigüa Real Armería de Felipe II Casa del Tesoro Torre de la Parada Convento de Santo Tomás Convento de San Felipe el Real Iglesia del Buen Suceso Palacio de Alcañices Noviciado de la Compañía de Jesús Convento de los Agustinos Recoletos Convento del Carmen Calzado Convento de la Natividad y San José Fountain de la Abundancia Fountain of the Harpies
Built during the Early Bourbons	Palacio de La Moncloa Convento de San Norberto Real Fábrica del Buen Retiro Monte de Piedad de Madrid Fountain de La Mariblanca
Built from the 19th century	Quinta del Sordo Hotel Florida Palacio del Duque de Úceda Fiesta Alegre fronton Palacio de Xifré Palacio del Marqués de Portugalete Palacio del Marqués de Casa Riera Palacio de Indo Palacio del Duque de Arión Former monument to victims of the attack against Alfonso XIII
City Walls and Gate Walls	Muslim Walls Christian Walls Walls del Arrabal Walls of Philip II Walls of Philip IV Puerta de Atocha
Related	Project of Filippo Juvarra for the Royal Palace of Madrid
Other	List of missing landmarks in Spain

Coordinates: 40°25′57″N 3°41′22″W / 40.4325°N 3.6895°W / 40.4325; -3.6895

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