Nuevo Baztán is a municipality southeast of

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, near

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, Spain. It consists of a small historic centre and modern housing estates. The historic centre was designed as an industrial and housing complex laid out on a

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. It was promoted and developed by the prominent politician and publisher Juan de Goyeneche (1656–1735).

History

Nuevo Baztán was founded around 1709 in a mercantalist initiative to promote industrial development in Spain. The site chosen belonged to a locality called Olmeda. The name of the new development refers to the Goyeneche family's home town, Baztan in

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. Much of the construction was performed by Agotes imported from Navarre. The town housed factories producing among other things munitions and glassware. The Goyeneche family financed not only the palaces, churches, and factories, but also houses for the employees, many of whom were transplants from other regions of Spain. Glass production at Nuevo Baztán only lasted a few years because of difficulty in obtaining the necessary fuel supplies locally. Some employees relocated to

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near Segovia, where there was abundant timber and a demand for glass at a royal palace which was under construction in the 1720s. The other industries of Nuevo Baztán ceased production by the end of the 18th century. Newer housing has arisen around the 18th-century nucleus in the past decades, and the present town contains large modern developments, including Eurovillas, Las Villas de Nuevo Baztán, Monteacevedo, and El Mirador del Baztán.

Goyeneche Palace

The Goyeneche Palace (Spanish: ''Palacio de Goyeneche'' or ''Palacio de Nuevo Baztán'') is one of a number of palaces in Spain and

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associated with the Goyeneche family. The palace was built to a

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design by

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which incorporates a church. The palace-church and two plazas were designated as a conservation area in 1941.The protected area (''

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'') has since been extended to include the rest of the historic centre. See this report on proposed urban developmen
"Los ecologistas piden la retirada del Plan General porque 'lesiona terrenos protegidos del conjunto histórico"
(in

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). However, in 2007 it was reported that the palace was in a poor state of conservation. There have been proposals to restore it for use as an art gallery. The palace's wine cellars house an interpretation centre.

References

"Juan de Goyeneche y el triunfo de los navarros en la monarquía hispánica del siglo XVIII"
(in

). An on-line article about a Goyeneche exhibition shown in Madrid and Pamplona in 2005–6). The exhibition was sponsored by Caja Navarra and curated by staff of the

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. Retrieved 7 August 2012.

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History

Goyeneche Palace

See also

References

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