The Palace of the Marquis of Perales is a building in Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain, whose construction dates back to the 18th century.
It is an old noble mansion, designed by the architect Pedro de Ribera in the 18th century by order of the Marquises of Perales del Río. It is located on Magdalena Street. The building has a baroque façade. It is currently the headquarters of the Spanish Film Library (Filmoteca Española), due to the restoration carried out by the architects Manuel Sainz de Vicuña and García Prieto, and Manuel Sainz de Vicuña and Melgarejo in the period between 1979 and 1983.
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When the Marquis of Perales commissioned Pedro de Ribera to design a four-story building on one level, the city was undergoing the transformations of the new Bourbon monarch Philip V of Spain. The decoration of the baroque façade with a superimposed balcony is part of the façade. Its interior has several patios.
The Filmoteca Española (English: Spanish Film Library) is an official institution of the Spanish Ministry of Culture. Its objective is to restore, investigate and conserve the film heritage of Spain and its diffusion. It is part of the Institute of Cinematography and Audiovisual Arts.
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Its cinema where films are daily shown is Cine Doré (filmed by Pedro Almodóvar in Hable con ella), in Santa Isabel Street, Madrid, designed by architect Críspulo Moro Cabeza and built in 1923. It was restored from 1982 to 1990. The archive, offices, library and exhibition halls are set in a restored palace on Magdalena St nº 10 in Madrid.
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