En 365 days in Madrid We have reached July 1, we have completed six months of this project of publicizing places and spaces in Madrid, one each day. For this occasion we are going to go to a very curious building, the House of Balls, on the streets of Alcalá, General Porlier and Goya, is one of the oldest buildings in the Goya neighborhood. The most notable thing is the two towers that highlight the 5 buildings built on this triangular site.
The church was designed by architect Julian Marin He built it between 1885 and 1895, later, Luis Sanz de los Terreros He made an extension in 1905. The entire complex was rehabilitated in the mid-90s.
On style neomudejar with decorative motifs very similar to those of Goya's Bullring, which has now disappeared (it was closed in 1931 when the bullring was inaugurated). Las Ventas bullring), and which was located in the place where we find the Sport's palace. Built of brick, very attractive in three colors, polychrome tiles and horseshoe arches. Some silver and inlaid spheres stand out, from which it receives the name, La Casa de las Bolas.
La Santa Barbara Brewery It has been open on the ground floor of one of the towers since no less than 1947.
A abrazo.
PS: We continue collecting ideas to complete the 365 days in Madrid, do you have any recommendations to make?
On Castelar Street on the corner of Cardenal Belluga (the specific address, I think, is Cardenal Belluga 12), very close to the current Bullring, there is a mini-ball house, with a very similar tower (it can be seen in Google Street View). Maps). I have always wondered if it was related to Goya's.
Thanks for the section!!
Hello Paloma, yes, it is related. It was also built by Julián Marín, between 1890-1892, it was the first phase of neo-Mudejar single-family homes on Castelar, Roma and Cardenal Belluga streets, of what was known as “Modern Madrid”, later two more phases were built.
The La Taurina tavern must have also been there in its day, a place chosen by the first Madrid FC players for social gatherings between matches back in 1903.
Thanks for the contribution Juan, I had heard about it, it even seems that it was used as a locker room and to store the goals.
Greetings and thanks for the comment.