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The Palacette Mayer is a Portuguese eclectical residence situated in the civil parish of Santo António, municipality of Lisbon. In the 20th century, it was acquired by the Spanish government and became the Embassy of Spain in Portugal.HistoryThe project by Nicola Bigaglia, approved in 1899 for Adolfo de Lima Mayer, began construction partially from existing funds. Bigaglia, an Italian architect who worked in Portugal at the turn of the century, situated the project along the Avenida da Liberdade.In 1902, the building received the Valmor Prize ; the sum of 1.802$850 reis was divided between the property-owner and architect, who donated his part of the prize to the municipal council of Lisbon, for public works to benefit the construction.In 1923, the Avenida Palace Clube was installed within the building by its owners, the firm of Júlio de Resende Lda., who expanded the terrace. A couple of years earlier the palace was landscaped and a garden installed: the Parque Mayer, along with the altering of the walls. Seven years later, the administrative services of the Spanish Embassy began to function from the palacette, after the building was acquired by the Spanish State: in 1945, there were changes internally to the former-residence, by architect António de Mesa Ruiz Mateos. Changes and repairs to the building were carried out in 1950, 1965, 1971 and 1988.On 22 December 1989, the Secretary of State for Culture, opened a process to classify the building.