Assembly Palace
This building, with its simple elegant architecture, was started to be built in 1914 and was opened in 1927 by his Majesty the King Alphonse XIII and Victoria Eugenie. The following are among the most important rooms in the Palace... The Throne Room, in French style, decorated with crystal chandeliers and Venetian mirrors, is adorned with some frescos by an artist from Granada, Mariano Bertuchi, who had a close relationship with Cueta, not only living there but also becoming its deputy mayor. The city's Royal Standard is also in this room, a banner brought by John I of Portugal when he conquered the city, which is made of Damascus silk with inscriptions of the Portuguese and Castilian coats of arms, paraded on Corpus Christi. The Meeting Room, with furnishing from Talavera in Spanish renaissance style, is decorated with portraits of former mayors and crowned by a portrait of his Royal Highness King Juan Carlos I. The Rotonda Room is an imperial style and was the former smoking room. It was also decorated by Bertuchi and Alphonse XIII. Primo de Rivera and Juan Carlos I have all leant over its balcony and from there the second Republic was declared. There are other paintings by Bertuchi in the Former Mayor's Office, from a visit he made to Ceuta, and a portrait of local hero Lieutenant Ruiz. The stairs to the first floor feature Talavera ceramic skirting boards and a stained glass window with sketches by Bertuchi, where a motto declares that the city is "always noble, loyal and absolutely faithful".