Very close to Paseo de la Castellana, on Paseo de Eduardo Dato number 10, we can see the Church of San Fermin of the Navarrese, a temple erected between 1886 and 1890. A clear example of Madrid's neo-Mudejar style. There was already another church in honor of San Fermín in Madrid, it was located on the Paseo del Prado and had been built by a group of Navarrese devotees living in Madrid, who created the Royal Congregation of 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.

The church and the adjacent hospital were demolished in 1882, coinciding with the beginning of construction work on the Bank of Spain building.

The Royal Congregation of San Fermín de los Navarros then decided to move the church to land owned by Isabella of Bourbon on Paseo del Cisne (the current Paseo de Eduardo Dato). It was designed in 1886 by the architects Eugenio Jimenez Correa y Carlos Velasco Hairstyle, winners of the competition called by the Congregation and built between 1886 and 1890.

The inauguration of the new church on July 6, 1890 (coincidentally one day before San Fermín) was attended by the Infanta Elizabeth.

As a neo-Mudejar work, it is made of exposed brick, and the combination with green and white enameled bricks and flint masonry in its highest part stands out. It also has a tall square tower with two bodies. In the lower body we can see a clock that was already installed in the old church brought from Antwerp. The checkered arrangement of the bricks, imitating cloth sebka, very characteristic of Islamic art, allows various drawings to be made along the façade. The entrance is through a carved stone portal, imitating Gothic forms.

On the main façade there are the coats of arms of Navarra and Spain and it houses the image of San Fermín, the work of Fructuoso Orduña, copying the sculptor's original Francisco Font y Pons.

In this church, the traditional chupinazo that begins the celebrations of San Fermin. Another peculiarity is that it is a church that is in high demand in Madrid as a place to celebrate weddings.

A abrazo.