Conde Duque Quiet Plazas

Plaza de Cristino Martos is an irregularly shaped space defined by its connection to Calle de la Princesa through a double staircase. This staircase leads up to a monument dedicated to the bacteriologist Jaime Ferrán. Before the square…

Plaza de los Guardias de Corps is a small, tree-lined square tucked away near the massive brick facade of the Conde Duque cultural center. Its name honors the elite royal guards—the Guardias de Corps—who were first established in Spain by…

The most striking feature of the Centro de Cultura Contemporánea Condeduque is its long, massive facade featuring a singular, highly ornate entrance carved in the Churrigueresque style. This elaborate stone work, which combines intricate…

Plaza de las Comendadoras takes its name from the Convent of Las Comendadoras de Santiago, which anchors the square with its eighteenth-century façade and twin towers. Founded in sixteen fifty by order of King Philip the Fourth, this site…

The Second Monastery of the Visitación, known locally as the Salesas Nuevas, sits on Calle de San Bernardo with an austere, neoclassical facade. Built around eighteen hundred, its rhythmic granite pilasters and triangular pediment offer a…

The Church of Our Lady of Montserrat on San Bernardo Street is defined by its lone, incomplete bell tower and an elaborate, imposing facade that rises above the sidewalk. King Philip the Fourth founded this monastery in sixteen forty-two…

Cervantes y Compañía occupies a building constructed in eighteen sixty-two, identified by the high ceilings and a complex series of cellars and caves hidden beneath the street level. Located at number twenty-seven Calle del Pez, the…