In the center of the city, very close to the Literary University , is this Palace, which is currently the Bank of Urquijo. It was built in the mid-eighteenth century by Vicente Fernández de Córdoba and María Teresa Ferrer de Próxita y Pinós.

On an irregular plot stands this palace with three bays in plan leaving a patio in the background. It has a façade on Pintor Sorolla street through which you access a vestibule in which a low arch develops that leads to the imperial staircase, with a rectangular box, which leads to the different floors. This staircase is developed with counterprint of tiles, mahogany wood handrails on wrought iron balustrade, covered by a barrel vault with lunettes in which windows open. In the vault there is a painting inside an oval depicting Our Lady of the Pillar.

The representative rooms are located on the main floor and are connected to each other through high carved wooden doors, with frames on the walls with rockery decoration. The façade is divided into a semi-basement, ground floor, main floor and high floor on which there is a cornice that leads to the finish of the building with a central balustrade with pitchers and two towers of mixed profile on the sides. On a stone plinth open the mixed openings of the mezzanine. On the ground floor there are rectangular openings overlooking each other, as on the rest of the upper floors, with wrought iron balcony. On the main floor the openings follow the same scheme but the balconies present a greater development since they are curved and more excellent in the façade line. These balconies are also made of wrought iron and in their lower part they have turnstiles decorated with plant motifs that support the ground floor. The upper floor has curved balconies but smaller in size.

In the upper towers there are also two small windows. The façade extends laterally on the right side since there is a small alley. It is worth mentioning the front door of this palace with curvature over the façade. It is a lintel doorway made of stone with pilasters on the sides decorated with plant motifs at the top. On the lintel of the door and the entablature is the coat of arms of the Fernández de Córdoba y Valderrama family and María Teresa Ferrer de Próxita i Pinós with tenant lions and topped by the crown of the Marquisate.

Around the shield is an inscription "More than more", the family's motto. This palace was a residence, and later was the headquarters of the College of Architects. It was acquired by Banco de Urquijo in 1971 carrying a restoration and adaptation for the new use. During the restoration all subsequent additions were removed, sgraffito decorations and ceramics appearing. Also erected in the back, after the courtyard, was a building for bank offices with exterior glass.


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Calle Pintor Sorolla, 6
46002 Valencia