The Amaniel Aqueduct is located on the current Pablo Iglesias Avenue. This was the last aqueduct-bridge of the Lower Canal of Madrid. A water transport channel of the Canal de Isabel II that connects the lower reservoir of the Torrelaguna power station with the Islas Filipinas reservoir (the so-called Third Reservoir) already in the city.
Several buildings in the neo-Mudejar style make up the Residencia de Estudiantes. It is located on a hill in the capital, known as the Hipódromo heights. But one of its most illustrious residents, Juan Ramón Jiménez, who lived there until he got married, renamed it the Colina de los Chopos (Colin of the Poplars). The four oleanders planted by the poet and writer still flourish in the garden.
The castle was built in 1400 by Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, Admiral of Castile, and is the visible symbol of the dominion of Barajas, La Alameda, Cobeña and Alcobendas. The dominion had been granted to his father in 1369 by King Enrique de Trastamara as a reward and recognition for his services in consolidating the crown of Castile.
In that space, in 1730 Pedro de Ribera was entrusted with the construction of a church with the Carmelite convent attached to it. It is a large work with a very ornate façade, a clear exponent of the Ribera baroque style, a barrel nave and a dome. The works were completed in 1748 by José de Arredondo and Fausto Manso.
The Sabatini Gardens are part of a complex with the Royal Palace. They are located in front of the north façade of the Palace, between Bailén Street and Cuesta de San Vicente, three different terraces, hanging over Campo del Moro.
We are going to tell you the story of Matadero. The Municipal Slaughterhouse and Livestock Market of Madrid, known as the Legazpi Municipal Slaughterhouse.
It is a building built between 1574 and 1577. The plans were the work of Antonio Sillero with modifications by Juan de Herrera, for Pedro de Ledesma.
The Ortega y Gasset University Institute is located in a landscaped mansion in the heart of Madrid, between Miguel Ángel and General Martínez Campos streets. There are two buildings in the same complex, the former Residence for Ladies of the Board for the Extension of Studies, and another designed by the architect Carlos Arniches Moltó.
Bermejillo Palace. Built between 1913 and 1916, on Paseo del Cisne in Madrid, today Calle Eduardo Dato number 31. History has it that the architect from Santander, Eladio Laredo, was the designer of the small palace. It is considered a masterpiece of the neo-plateresque style, the result of the nationalist movement that characterised the architecture of the early XNUMXth century in Spain.
In 1901, architects Miguel de Olabarría and Ricardo García Guereta designed the Seminary. The following year, work began, and a new project was drawn up that made the chapel larger. Olabarría died in 1904, and García Guereta and Juan Moya Idígoras were in charge of finishing the work.
The church of San Sebastián was one of the most important in Madrid. Located at 39 Atocha Street, it had many important people among its parishioners and a good part of the inhabitants of the Barrio de las Letras passed by there, at least at their funerals. The construction of the temple began in 1554 under the direction of master Antonio Sillero, architect of the Villa de Madrid.
