Oratory, Palau Ducal, Gandia, Valencia, Spain

Oratory, or private chapel of the dukes of Borgia, in the Palau Ducal in Gandia, on the Costa del Azahar, Valencia, Spain. The chapel has a polygonal ceiling and walls covered with Renaissance grisailles by Filippo de San Leocadio depicting the mysteries of the rosary, later retouched by Brother Coronas. The ceiling and floor marquetry were restored in the 19th century. The Ducal Palace of the Borgias of Gandia was originally built in the 14th and 15th centuries in Valencian Gothic style, and later added to in Renaissance, baroque and neo-Gothic style. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Oratory, or private chapel of the dukes of Borgia, in the Palau Ducal in Gandia, on the Costa del Azahar, Valencia, Spain. The chapel has a polygonal ceiling and walls covered with Renaissance grisailles by Filippo de San Leocadio depicting the mysteries of the rosary, later retouched by Brother Coronas. The ceiling and floor marquetry were restored in the 19th century. The Ducal Palace of the Borgias of Gandia was originally built in the 14th and 15th centuries in Valencian Gothic style, and later added to in Renaissance, baroque and neo-Gothic style. Picture by Manuel Cohen