Santo Mauro Madrid occupies the 1899 residence of Mariano Fernández de Henestrosa, 1st Duke of Santo Mauro—a courtier to King Alfonso XIII who commissioned architect Juan Bautista Lázaro de Diego to build not a Spanish palazzo but a Parisian petit hôtel in the heart of Madrid’s noble Chamberí quarter. This is the palace where the … Continue reading Santo Mauro Madrid: The Duke’s Secret Palace in Chamberí