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Marquet y la construccion del palacio de los Duques de Alba en Piedrahíta (Ávila)’. Academia (Madrid: Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando) (112-113): 87-113. ISSN 0567-560X This article presents detailed research about the construction of the
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between 1755 and 1766. The duke used the palace as a summer residence. His granddaughter
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