Palaces, and especially royal palaces, are complex buildings that add to their domestic function other no less important ones, such as political and representative ones. As part of the official commemoration of the V Centenary of the Royal Palace of Valladolid (1523-2023), the “Royal Palace of Valladolid” Chair of Cultural Heritage and Defense held a study day which is the germ of this book.

It includes a series of studies aimed at explaining the role and significance of the building in the context of the city, the political panorama of its time and our cultural heritage. The urban and architectural implications of the courtly and political capital processes both in Madrid and -especially- in Valladolid are addressed, as well as an unavoidable reference to the residences that its first owner -Francisco de los Cobos- promoted in his family plot in Ubeda.

With this comprehensive framework as a backdrop, the book adds other works on some aspects scarcely treated by the extensive bibliography of the Palace, such as the Council Hall and its carpentry. The aim is to offer a new contribution and approach to one of the most significant and transcendent buildings in the history and city of Valladolid, a building that must be understood in all its complexity, both architecturally, historically and patrimonially.