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The
palace
is
located
on
the
site
of
a
9th-century
Moorish
Alcázar,
near
the
town
of
Magerit,
constructed
as
an
outpost
by
Muhammad
I
of
Córdoba[5]
and
inherited
after
1036
by
the
independent
Moorish
Taifa
of
Toledo.
After
Madrid
fell
to
King
Alfonso
VI
of
Castile
in
1083,
the
edifice
was
only
rarely
used
by
the
kings
of
Castile.
In
1329,
King
Alfonso
XI
of
Castile
convened
the
cortes
of
Madrid
for
the
first
time.
King
Felipe
II
moved
his
court
to
Madrid
in
1561.
The
Castilian
Alcázar
was
built
on
the
location
in
the
16th
century.
After
it
burned
24
December
1734,
King
Felipe
V
ordered
a
new
palace
built
on
the
same
site.
Construction
spanned
the
years
1738
to
1755[6]
and
followed
a
Berniniesque
design
by
Filippo
Juvarra
and
Giovanni
Battista
Sacchetti
in
cooperation
with
Ventura
Rodríguez,
Francesco
Sabatini,
and
Martín
Sarmiento.
King
Carlos
III
first
occupied
the
new
palace
in
1764.
The
last
monarch
who
lived
continuously
in
the
palace
was
King
Alfonso
XIII,
although
Manuel
Azaña,
president
of
the
Second
Republic,
also
inhabited
it,
making
him
the
last
head
of
state
to
do
so.
During
that
period
the
palace
was
known
as
"Palacio
Nacional".
There
is
still
a
room
next
to
the
Real
Capilla,
which
is
known
by
the
name
"Office
of
Azaña".
The
interior
of
the
palace
is
notable
for
its
wealth
of
art
and
the
use
of
many
types
of
fine
materials
in
the
construction
and
the
decoration
of
its
rooms.
It
includes
paintings
by
artists
such
as
Caravaggio,
Juan
de
Flandes,
Francisco
de
Goya,
and
Velázquez,
and
frescoes
by
Giovanni
Battista
Tiepolo,
Corrado
Giaquinto,
and
Anton
Raphael
Mengs.
Other
collections
of
great
historical
and
artistic
importance
preserved
in
the
building
include
the
Royal
Armoury
of
Madrid,
porcelain,
watches,
furniture,
silverware,
and
the
world's
only
complete
Stradivarius
string
quintet.
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