There is evidence of a ceramics factory on this site since 1877. The Florida Pavilion, the chimney, and the firing oven reinforced at its base by buttresses and with a metal strap at the mouth, called "La Tinaja", the most striking construction, still exist today.
Casa Mingo was opened by Domingo García González in 1888, in what was once a railway warehouse, when the railway infrastructure in Madrid was beginning.
Located at 104 Serrano Street, it was designed by the architect Francisco de Asís Fort in neo-baroque style, built between 1946 and 1950 and inaugurated in 1965. It is integrated into the large complex of buildings that houses the mother house of the Society of Jesus in Spain.
This Saturday I want to tell you about a very special garden, small and very hidden, since its access is restricted by very specific hours that make it impossible to visit it easily. It is the Garden of the Nuns.
It commemorates the victory of Charles V in the battle of Mühlberg, a small town very close to Meiben, where the imperial troops defeated the Protestant ones.
The palace was designed in 1872 by the architect José Segundo de Lema, who also directed the construction works between 1876 and 1878. It follows the architectural trends of neo-Gothic rationalism that were promoted in his day by the French architect Viollet-le-Duc.
The monument was made by the sculptor José Noja, Pepe Noja, a very active artist who has promoted various open-air sculpture museums. The work was installed in the gardens that bear the name of Besteiro in the Plaza de Santa Gema, very close to Vitruvio Street where the honoree lived.
Designed and built by architects Antonio Palacios and Joaquín Otamendi, between 1908 and 1916, as a hospital providing free healthcare for day labourers living in Madrid and its suburbs, with a capacity of 150 beds.
The Cuatro Caminos Metro depots and workshops are part of the original constructions of the Madrid Metro inaugurated on October 17, 1919.
Located on Nuñez de Balboa Street, on the corner of Hermosilla, is this small church that was built between 1924 and 1926 by the Biscayan architect Teodoro Anasagasti Algán.
The O'Donell Green Wedge Park is located on the land to the south and east of the Almudena Cemetery, in the districts of Moratalaz and Ciudad Lineal.
