On August 1, 1980, the Marquises of Urquijo, one of the most influential couples of the time and the greatest in Spain, They were shot to death while they slept. This crime, and the subsequent investigations (suspicions of the children’s involvement and the arrest of Rafi Escobedo, son-in-law of the marquises), caused a great social and media commotion.
Now the family tries to sell the house where the crime was committed, the exclusive residential area from Somosaguas (Madrid), advances ‘Semana’ magazine.
It is a brick house with a large garden, a chalet of enormous dimensions, which, however, cannot be separated from the history hidden in its walls. A black legend that has caused the figure for which it has just been put up for sale to be 3.2 million eurosvery reasonable price taking into account the prestigious area in which it is located and the size of the property.
After the murder of the marquises, both this residence and the noble title They were inherited by Juan de la Sierra, the son of the marquises, who, due to his business, lived between Panama and Spain. “When he is in Madrid, Juan lives in my parents’ chalet. I, however, have not been able to climb those stairs again. As soon as I try, as soon as I put my foot on the first step, the smell of blood takes over me again. I always leave that house without going downstairs,” Myriam de la Sierra, Juan’s sister, said a few years ago in her book ‘Why is it happening to me?’.
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‘Semana’ magazine reveals that the house, built on a plot of 4,460 square meters, consists of 1,020 square meters distributed over two floors plus a basement. The ground floor measures 545 square meters and is made up of a hall, a living room, a dining room, a library and the service area, consisting of a kitchen, office, ironing room, three bedrooms and two bathrooms. In addition, it has an indoor pool and a porch.
As for the second floor, 385 square meters, where the murder took place, It consists of five bedrooms with their respective bathrooms, plus a small apartment, with a living room, bedroom and bathroom. Finally, the basement, of 92 square meters, has a storage room, a boiler room, a toilet, a cinema room and a multipurpose room.