Museo Ibercaja - Zaragoza, Spain
Prosperity And Artistic Wealth In the 16th century Zaragoza enjoyed - one of its greatest moments of economic strength and artistic splendour. The nobility and upper classes of the City built their Renaissance -style homes to express both, their wealth and their social standing. In 1536 work began on the home of minor noble and merchant Jeronimo Cosida and his wife. Violonte de Albion , in Calle Mayor in the centre of Zaragoza, opposite the church of Santa Cruz. In charge of the project was the experienced master builder Juan de Lanuza, who completed the work without delay. A Building From The Aragonese Renaissance The building shows us a typical three-storey home of a well-to-do family of the period, the ground floor, opening onto a semi-public interior courtyard, was given over to services and storage, the main-floor held the living quarters and bedrooms, and the top floor , the one with the belevedere overlooking the street, which served as a dropped ceiling and on ...