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Florida Cemetery
The 43 people shot by Murat's French troops on 3 May 1808 are buried in the Florida Cemetery. It is also the oldest burial place in Madrid and is little known because it can only be visited on rare occasions. It was built in 1798, on the initiative of the Royal Family to be used by its employees and family members.
The Box Obelisk
We return to Plaza de Castilla. We already told you that one day we would talk about the Obelisco de la Caja or Calatrava Obelisk. It is indeed a work by Santiago Calatrava, the only one by the Valencian in Madrid, which forms a group with the Kio Towers and the Puerta de Europa.
Old Molina Marbles warehouse
From the late 90th century building, only the façade remains, reminiscent of Renaissance buildings. At the beginning of the XNUMXs, the building was demolished by its new owner, the Día Textil company, which opened a textile products shop. As the historic façade of Mármoles Molina was protected by the General Plan of the Madrid City Council, it had to be reinstalled after the renovation.
More neomudejar in Madrid the old Veterinary School
Ten years later, in 1877, the same Jareño built the building of the Veterinary School in the Casino Gardens. In a clearly neo-Mudejar style, it occupied the land where the artificial estuary and the dam were located.
Church of San Fermín de los Navarros
A clear example of Madrid's neo-Mudejar style. There was already another church in honour of San Fermín in Madrid, located on the Paseo del Prado and built by a group of Navarrese devotees living in Madrid, who created the Real Congregación de San Fermín de los Navarros. They built a church between Calle del Turco and Prado de San Jerónimo, where they remained until they sold the land for the new headquarters of the Bank of Spain.
Gardens of Cecilio Rodríguez and Herrero Palacios
Fernando VII built a Menagerie in El Retiro at the end of the 40th century. It languished with difficulties until the second decade of the XNUMXth century when Cecilio Rodríguez, Head Gardener of El Retiro, renovated it. Rodríguez undertook the construction of new gardens for official events of the City Council on the lands of the so-called Plan Román in the XNUMXs. Years later these gardens were named after him.
The old Belgian Sawmills, current headquarters of MediaLAB Prado
Located between Cenicero and Alameda streets is the building of the former Belgian Sawmills. Very close to Paseo del Prado, another example of industrial architecture that we can still see in Madrid. Originally it was a factory for wood treatment.
El Rastro, the most traditional market in Madrid
The origin of the name Rastro often comes as a surprise when you first hear about it. It refers to the fact that animals, especially cattle, left a trail of blood after being slaughtered and sold wholesale in the successive slaughterhouses that were located in the area.
Puerta de Toledo
The Puerta de Toledo was one of the access gates to the city of Madrid, the old entrance to the capital from Andalusia. It gave access from the city centre via Toledo Street to the roads south of Madrid (Camino Real de Andalucía), after crossing the Manzanares River via the Toledo Bridge and the Carabancheles.
Headquarters of Conde Duque
There is no unanimity regarding the name of the barracks. For Mesonero Romanos it was due to the count-duke of Olivares, a valid servant of Philip IV. Another option says that the name comes from his settlement on a plot of land that was the palace of the Count of Aranda and Duke of Peñaranda.