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* Basilica de San Francisco El Grande
* Basilica de San Miguel
* Botín
* Calle de Serrano
* Casa de América
* Casa Museo de Lope de Vega
* Casa de la Villa
* Casón del Buen Retiro
* Catedral de La Almundena
* Catedral de San Isidro
* Centro Cultural Conde Duque
* Convento de las Carboneras
* Ermita de San Antonio de la Florida
* Estadio Santiago Bernabéu (Bernabéu Stadium)
* Iglesia de las Calatravas
* Iglesia de Las Salesas
* Iglesia de San Andrés Apóstol
* Iglesia y Convento de las Trinitarias
* Mercado de San Miguel
* Monasterio de la Encarnación
* Museo Arqueológico Nacional
* Museo Nacional de Antropología
* Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas
* Museo De La Real Academia De Bellas Artes De San Fernando
* Museo Cerralbo
* Museo Chicote
* Museo del Ejército
* Museo Naval
* Museo Romántico
* Museo Del Traje
* Palacio de Comunicaciones
* Palacio de las Cortes
* The Paseos
* Plaza de la Cibeles
* Plaza de Toros de las Ventas
* Puerta del Sol
* Puerta de Toledo
* El Rastro (Rastro Flea Market)
* Real Fábrica de Tapices
* Real Jardín Botánico
* Teleférico
* Telefónica
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In The Know
Did You Know?
( Highly Recommended )
Author of some 2,000 plays, Lope de Vega (1562-1635) was Spain's greatest playwright, penning an estimated 21 million lines. Capable of reading Latin at five, he wrote his first four-act play at the age of 12. This indefatigable genius also enlisted in the Spanish Navy (the Armada), was personal secretary to four aristocrats and had several wives and many children. Although he decided to become a priest in 1614, this had little effect on his love life. Lope lived in this house for the last 25 years of his life, and although only a few items are believed to be his, the author's detailed will enabled experts to refurnish the house much as he knew it.
The garden and vegetable patch of this two-storey, half-timbered shrine have been restored to fit a description in one of his poems: two trees, 10 flowers, two vines, an orange tree and a musk rose. Over the front door is the lintel found when cleaning out the well. The inscription reads Parva propria magna, magna aliena parva (To me, my small home is big; to me, other people's large homes are small). The guided tours are led by enthusiastic students. As well as finding out about one of Spain's most renowned authors, you also get some idea of everyday life in a well-off family home in the early 17th century. Note the women's sitting-room where cushions are spread on the estrado, a small, Moorish-style dais.
Address: Calle Cervantes 11
Phone: 91 429 92 16
Hours: Tue-Fri 9:30-2, Sat 10-2. Closed public hols, Aug
Restaurant: Plenty near by (Inexpensive)
Metro: Antón Martín
Accessible: None
Admission: Cheap, reductions for children under 10s and over 65s
Other: Iglesia y Convento de las Trinitarias
Practical: Guided tour only
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