Palace of Marivent

The Palace of Marivent (which in English means Palace of Sea and Wind) is a modern palace built in the 1920s and located in the touristic area of Cala Mayor in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. Since the 1970s, this palace has been the summer residence of the Spanish royal family, although their official residence in the Balearic Islands is the Royal Palace of La Almudaina. This is also the favourite palace of Queen Sofía, being the place where she lives most of the year.[1]

Palace of Marivent
Palacio de Marivent
General information
Town or cityCala Mayor, Palma de Mallorca
CountrySpain
Construction started1923
Completed1925
ClientSpanish royal family
OwnerGovernment of the Balearic Islands
Design and construction
ArchitectGuillem Forteza Pinya

Unlike the official residence of the Royal Palace of La Almudaina, Marivent does not belong to the set of residences of the Spanish Royal Family property of the Patrimonio Nacional state agency, but its ownership corresponds to the Autonomous Community of the Balearic Islands. Despite this nature of a private residence, the Marivent Palace has served, on many occasions, as a setting for the receptions and interviews that the monarch offers both the Prime Minister of Spain and other international authorities.

History
King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia meet prime minister Pedro Sánchez and his wife, Begoña Gómez, at Marivent Palace in August 2018.

The property was built by the architect Guillem Forteza Pinya[2] between 1923 and 1925, commissioned by the painter Juan de Saridakis, who lived there until his death. His widow, Anunciación Marconi Taffani, gave the building and its land to the Balearic Provincial Council in 1966, on condition that a museum be created bearing the name of the painter, and that it remained open to the public.

These conditions were met until 1973 when the Provincial Council ceded the estate to the then Princes of Spain (Juan Carlos and Sofía), a fact that caused the descendants of Saridakis to sue the provincial authorities to the courts for non-compliance with the conditions of transfer, and to recover the movable property of the interior of the palace belonging to his family.[3]

However, sources of the autonomous government in the 1980s, on which the palace depended, declared that "We are relatively little concerned that these goods are taken, since they have little value", 40 million pesetas contrary to the 3,000 that the heir painter Juan de Saridakis claimed.[4]

See also

References
  1. "Marivent al descubierto: todos los detalles del refugio favorito de la reina Sofía". El Confidencial (in Spanish). 2018-07-20. Retrieved 2020-08-12.
  2. "ABC MADRID 21-08-1974 página 26 - Archivo ABC". abc. 2019-08-13. Retrieved 2020-08-12.
  3. Yoldi, José (1988-06-27). "El Supremo ordena entregar a los herederos de Saridakis los bienes de Marivent". El País (in Spanish). ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 2020-08-12.
  4. Caimari, Joan A. (1988-06-27). "Objetos de escaso valor". El País (in Spanish). ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 2020-08-12.

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