Markeskua Palace
The Markeskua Palace, also known as the Tower of Isasi (Isasi Dorrea in Basque, Torre de Isasi in Spanish) or Palace of the Marquis of Isasi, is a renaissance noble house located in the Basque town of Eibar (Spain). History Marquis Martin Lopez Isasi and his wife Domenja Orbea gave orders to build it in the sixteenth century. It was built, as was customary, outside the village proper, on the road to Ermua. At the time, members of the Isasi family held important positions in the Spanish court. In 1631, king Philip IV of Spain entrusted the education of his illegitimate son Francisco Fernando Isidro (Francis Ferdinand Isidore) to Juan Isasi Idiakez, the marquis at the time. The boy lived at this house from age 4 to 7, when he died on March 11, 1634. It does not seem that this fact bothered the king too much, since a few months later, in November 1634, Philip entrusted the marquis with the education of his son and legitimate heir Balthasar Charles, the Prince of Asturias. However, there is no notice that Balthasar Charles ever lived at this house; he also died young, at age 16, but in Zaragoza. Since the 18th