Viso del Marqués is a
municipality
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
located in the
province of Ciudad Real,
Castile-La Mancha, Spain. According to the 2014
census
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,
[ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)] The municipality has a population of 2,578 inhabitants.
It is the site of the
Palace of the Marquis of Santa Cruz, built in the late sixteenth century by
Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquess of Santa Cruz Álvaro (, , ) is a Spanish, Galician and Portuguese male given name and surname (see Spanish naming customs) of Visigothic origin. Some claim it may be related to the Old Norse name Alfarr, formed of the elements ''alf'' "elf" and ''arr'' "warrior ...
. Álvaro de Bazan was a senior
admiral in the
Spanish Navy
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, and created the concept of the
Spanish Armadabut died before it was deployed to attack England. The Marquis's palace has been repurposed as the modern headquarters of the National Archive of the Spanish Navy.
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Municipalities in the Province of Ciudad Real
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