.2.  FIREPLACE ROOM

This room became part of the re-arranging of the Alcázar in Philip II's period. It is so called because of the fireplace, which has an interior plaque showing the coat of arms of the first Bourbons of Spain. The wall above it is covered with a 16th century Flemish tapestry which shows the betrothal of Our Lady.

The furniture in this room dates from the 16^th century: a large walnut-topped table, friar chairs, a table carved with Renaissance decorations which has a small Mudéjar wooden chest-of- drawers with inlaid ivory on top, a collection of five mirrors and a cabinet with small golden columns.

On the walls there is a portrait of PhilipII, three landscapes of imaginary Royal Sites and an imaginary 17^th century painting of the Alcázar and the Fuencisla Valley in the Middle Ages.

The doorway to the Throne Room still preserves its Mudéjar decoration of fine plasterwork framed by a very simple "alfiz" (frame of Moorish arch).