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House of Tagle.
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However,
the full development of the casona took place in
the Baroque period. Therefore, in the second half of the
17th century and throughout all the 18th, many casonas
were built in Cantabria. The twenty years between 1700
and 1720 were crucial for the building of most of them,
which were also the best. Many of their promoters were
soldiers who having fought with Philip V in the War of
the Spanish Succession, were in the privileged position
of winners. This fact coincided with the arrival of
capital from the indianos in these twenty years of
building activity. One of the numerous examples of 18th
century casona indiana is the casona of Tagle in Santillana del Mar. Other promoters were nobles who occupied
important posts in the government or in the Church,
frequently outside Cantabria, (Castile, Andalusia,
America...). These were bishops, Inquisitors, soldiers or
court clerks who, being outside the region, knew the new
artistic trends and reflected them in the construction of
their casona in Cantabria. Thus, these were often
the responsible for the appearance of new styles in
Cantabria. The sepulchral monument of Don Lorenzo de Rugama in the chapel of his casona in Bárcena
de Cicero represents one of these personages who prompted
these buildings, in this case an eminent navel man. |
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