Patrimonio Nacional

{{Short description|Spanish state agency}}

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{{Infobox government agency

|agency_name = National Heritage

|nativename_a = {{lang|es|Patrimonio Nacional}}

|logo = Logo de Patrimonio Nacional.svg

|logo_width = 250px

|logo_caption = The Spanish Royal Crown, symbol of Patrimonio Nacional

|picture =

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|formed = {{start date and age|1865|5|12}} (as Crown Heritage)
{{start date and age|1940|3|7}} (as National Heritage)

|dissolved =

|preceding1 = Crown Heritage (1865–1931)

|preceding2 = Republic Heritage (1931–1940)

|jurisdiction = Spanish government

|headquarters = Royal Palace of Madrid

|coordinates =

|region_code = ES

|employees = 1.231 (2020){{Cite book |url=https://www.igae.pap.hacienda.gob.es/sitios/igae/es-ES/Contabilidad/informacionEconomica/Documents/Personal%20al%20servicio%20del%20Sector%20p%C3%BAblico%20estatal%202020.pdf|title=Personnel at the service of the State Public Sector|author=Office of the Comptroller General of the State|year=2020 |pages=144}}

|budget = €149 million, 2023{{Cite web|url=https://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2022/12/24/pdfs/BOE-A-2022-22128.pdf|title=State Budget 2023}}

|chief1_name = Alfredo Pérez de Armiñán y de la Serna

|chief1_position = Chairman

|chief2_name = Ernesto Abati García-Manso

|chief2_position = Manager

|agency_type = Autonomous agency

|child1_agency =

|child2_agency =

|website = [https://www.patrimonionacional.es/en Web Site]

|footnotes =

|parent_department= Ministry of the Presidency, Justice and Relations with the Cortes

}}

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Patrimonio Nacional ({{langx|en|National Heritage}}) is a Spanish autonomous agency, under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of the Presidency, Justice and Relations with the Cortes, that administers the sites owned by the Spanish State and used by the Monarch and the Spanish Royal Family as residences and for State Ceremonies. The Patrimonio Nacional includes palaces, gardens, monasteries and convents, called the Royal sites. When not in official use, the Royal sites are open to the public. It also manages the official and holiday residences of the Prime Minister.

The agency was first created in 1865 during the reign of Isabella II under the name of Patrimonio de la Corona ({{langx|en|Heritage of the Crown}}). During the reign of her grandson, Alfonso XIII, it was also known as Patrimonio Real ({{langx|en|Royal Heritage}}). The second republic (1931–1939) kept the agency under the name of Patrimonio de la República ,({{langx|en|Heritage of the Republic}}), and it has been called by its current name since in 1940, when it was renamed Patrimonio National by the dictator Francisco Franco.

Patrimonio Nacional organizes temporary exhibitions and concerts in the Royal sites. It also publishes catalogues of the Royal Collections, books on the Royal sites, facsimiles of some of the books held in the library of El Escorial and the Royal Library, visitors guides to the different sites as well as the official photographs of the King of Spain. It also publishes a quarterly magazine, Reales Sitios, about the art collections and cultural history of the Royal sites.

The Royal Family has other palaces that are not controlled by Patrimonio Nacional.