Palacio de Soñanes in Villacarriedo is a Baroque marvel built in the 18th century and located next to the Colegio de los Escolapios.

It was ordered to be built by D. Juan Antonio Díaz de Arce y Pérez del Camino, a diplomat of Philip V who became General Intendent of Aragon, between 1718 and 1722. It has been attributed to the Italian architect Cossimo Fontanelli, although it has recently been linked to the Salamanca baroque school, with plateresque and churrigueresque influences, being ultimately assigned to the mountain architect D. Francisco La Riva Ladrón de Guevara.

The palace has a quadrangular ground plan, surrounding the old Torre de los Díaz de Arce. It has three floors and a monumental staircase. The facades have great ornamental richness, with free-standing Corinthian columns on the two lower floors and pilasters on the upper one. The Solomonic and balustraded columns have fluted shafts. The openings are rectangular, almost all of them highlighted by decorated columns, and are finished off by split pediments. In the center of the intermediate floor there are wrought iron balconies. The decoration is completed with other elements, such as friezes adorned with fallen leaves or grooves, etc. Pinnacles, modillions, acroteras and gargoyles appear on the roof. There are also some heraldic shields, highlighting the one located in the center of the upper floor of the façade, with the arms of Díaz de Arce and Pérez del Camino. It has recently been restored as a hotel and restaurant

Source: turismodecantabria.com/disfrutala/que-visitar/133-palacio-de-sonanes

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