La Zarzuela Palace, (Madrid)

[Paty]

Some information about the palace from Wiki:

Palace of Zarzuela - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[CrownPrincess5]

Is this the official royal residence??

[An Ard Ri]

Originally Posted by CrownPrincess5

Is this the official royal residence??

No,The Royal Palace in Madrid is the King's Official Royal Residence,however he does not reside there.

Royal Palace of Madrid - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Josefine]

so sofia and juan carlos lived here before they became king and queen of spain, were there never talks about them living in a castle?

[Duke of Marmalade]

The Kings moved into Zarzuela when they got married in 1962. They only became Kings in 1975. Franco used to live in El Pardo, when he died, they decided to stay in Zarzuela and use El Pardo as accommodation for State Guests.

The official residence for the Spanish Kings is the Royal Palace in Madrid, but it is too big and too expensive to stay there, hence it is only used for State Occasions.

All property is owned and administered by the Spanish State.

[An Ard Ri]

The Queen's sister,Princess Irene also resides at the Zarzuela Palace.

[An Ard Ri]

The Zarzuela Palace after the Spanish Civil War

http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:A...g-UVib6m9NO45m


Aerial view of the Palace complex today,over the past 50 years there have been a lot of wings and buildings added to the Palace.

http://api.ning.com/files/Fu1Q6N-Io2...s_/123o9y0.jpg

[Josefine]

Originally Posted by An Ard Ri

The Zarzuela Palace after the Spanish Civil War

http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:A...g-UVib6m9NO45m


Aerial view of the Palace complex today,over the past 50 years there have been a lot of wings and buildings added to the Palace.

http://api.ning.com/files/Fu1Q6N-Io2...s_/123o9y0.jpg

its a larger complex then i thought

[An Ard Ri]

Originally Posted by Josefine

its a larger complex then i thought

I wouldn't mind living there