Word: villena
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...lesser prelates, rich merchants and prosperous scholars who became his patrons. He got commissions for altarpieces in funerary chapels and seminary churches, and for portraits of rich patrons. By 1585 he had signed a lease for a 24-room apartment in the palace of the Marqués de Villena and had established a flourishing business. At times, things were so good that he employed a whole workshop of subsidiary artisans who turned out frames and smaller duplicates of his larger works. He even had an orchestra play for his dining. At other times, he fell two years behind...
...called paradores, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. They are mostly in old castles, palaces or monasteries; all have good restaurants serving the specialties of the region and require advance registration. At Alarcon, for example, on the road to Valencia from Madrid, the Parador Marqués de Villena is a 10th century turreted castle, where a lucky visitor may rent a tower bedroom for $22 a night...
...designs but also all the secrets of Tintoretto's theatrical fireworks and Correggio's dramatic lighting as well. Soon even the proud churches of Toledo were vying for his works. In lordly fashion, The Greek moved into the royal suite of the Marqués de Villena's palace, turned it into a museum of his own works and made it his studio and home...
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