We have often spoken in this section about the lack of appreciation that the city of Madrid has sometimes shown for its historical heritage. However, today we present you a notable example, on the contrary, for its conservation. In 1904 the Hospital of the Conception of Our Lady, when Toledo Street was widened, popularly known as Hospital de la Latina or Hospital de la Concepción. The hospital was very close to the Plaza de la Cebada. It had been built in the year 1499, the name of La Latina came from the nickname of its founder, Beatriz Galindo.

Luckily for Madrid's heritage, two elements of the hospital were preserved, works by the Mudejar master hazan, two works of Gothic art that survive in Madrid, the doorway and the staircase. The staircase is in the House of Don Álvaro de Luján, in the Plaza de la Villa, surely the oldest civil construction in Madrid, where the headquarters of the Royal Academy of Moral and Political Sciences. The staircase was moved to this place along with the tombs of Beatriz Galindo, La Latina and her husband Francisco Ramírez, currently located in the history Museum, although they were never occupied.

The façade is another of the few examples of Mudejar style preserved in Madrid. With a pointed arch, three sculptures at the top and Gothic canopies that house the founders' shields. During the demolition it was dismantled and moved to a town hall warehouse, where it remained for half a century. Finally, he settled in Higher School of Architecture of the Polytechnic University of Madrid in the sixties of the 20th century.

A jewel of heritage that has withstood the passage of centuries.

A abrazo.