One building, many names

This building, whose name varies depending on the sources consulted (Palacio de Cascales, Azpiroz or del Conde de Alpuente), was built in the last third of the 15th century by Alonso Cascales, a powerful knight from Segovia.

The exterior features splendid Flaming Gothic mullioned windows carved from slate (two of them, those on the right, were added in the early 20th century) and the linteled doorway, an entrance that replaced the previous one—which, built of brick and forming a fine horseshoe arch, shows how the palace was constructed over an Arab-style building.

Beyond the angled entrance hall lies a small space made even narrower by the immense height of the supports forming three porticoed sides. There are seven granite columns, a distinctive feature of which is that the two forming the corner bear the Cascales coat of arms on their octagonal capitals, whilst their shafts are also thicker than those of the others.

Today, the courtyard is covered by an artistic stained-glass roof designed by Carlos Muñoz de Pablos and still retains the well curb; it is the headquarters of the Regional Service for Mobility and Digital Transformation of the Regional Government of Castile and León.