{{Short description|Official residence of the president of the Basque Autonomous Community in Vitoria-Gasteiz}} [[File:Vitoria - Ajuria Enea 01 retouched.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Palace of Ajuria Enea]] The '''Palace of Ajuria Enea''' (Basque for "My Ajuria") is a building in [[Vitoria-Gasteiz]], northern [[Spain]]. It is the [[official residence]] of the [[List of Basque Presidents|Lehendakari]] (the President of the [[Basque Country (autonomous community)|Basque Autonomous Community]]).
The building, chosen to be official residence on the basis of its architectural merits, was purchased by the [[Basque Government]] from its former owner, the Provincial Council of [[Álava]], in 1980.<ref>[http://www.lehendakaritza.ejgv.euskadi.net/r48-2286/en/contenidos/informacion/palacio_ajuriaenea/en_5481/palacio_ajuriaenea.html Discover the Basque Country - Basque Government - Euskadi.net<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071112111428/http://www.lehendakaritza.ejgv.euskadi.net/r48-2286/en/contenidos/informacion/palacio_ajuriaenea/en_5481/palacio_ajuriaenea.html |date=2007-11-12 }}</ref> That same year it was occupied by [[Carlos Garaikoetxea]], first President of the [[Basque Government]] after the restoration of democracy in [[Spain]].
The palace, which was built in 1920 by Swiss architect Alfredo Baeschlin and contractor [[Hilarión San Vicente]] for local industrialist [[Serafín Ajuria]],<ref name="Auñamendi">{{cite book |title=Auñamendi Eusko Entziklopedia |url=https://aunamendi.eusko-ikaskuntza.eus/es/ajuria-urigoitia-serafin/ar-24242/ |access-date=10 November 2023 |language=es |chapter=Ajuria Urigoitia, Serafín}}</ref> displays architectural elements of neo-Basque art on the façade. After being the residence of the Ajuria family, in 1966 it was handed over to the religious order of the [[Madres Escolapias]], who used it as a school. Six years later, in 1972, it was purchased by the Provincial Council of Álava for conversion into a museum of Basque art, and it was open to the public for two years until it became the [[Lehendakari]]'s official residence.
== External links == * [http://www.euskadi.eus/gobierno-vasco/lehendakaritza/inicio/ Lehendakaritza (Presidency of the Basque Government)]
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[[Category:Buildings and structures in Vitoria-Gasteiz]] [[Category:Palaces in the Basque Country (autonomous community)]] [[Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1920]] [[Category:Official residences of subnational executives]]