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9 Iglesia de San church was originally attached
Jerónimo el Real to the Hieronymite monastery.
The cloister and part of the
Calle del Moreto 4. Map 8 D3. atrium now form part of a
Tel 91 420 30 78.  Banco de España. building at the Prado Museum.
Open 9:30am–2:30pm & 5:30–8pm The marriage of Alfonso XIII
Mon–Sat (Apr–Sep: 6–8pm); and Victoria Eugenia of Batten­
weekends: open for ceremonies. 7
berg took place here in 1906,
Built in the 16th century for as did King Juan Carlos I’s
Queen Isabel, but since coronation in 1975.
remodelled, San Jerónimo is
Madrid’s royal church. From the
17th century it became virtually 0 Museo del Prado
a part of the Retiro palace which See pp296–9.
once stood here (see p301). The Portrait of the writer Félix Lope de Vega
q Casa-Museo almost 1,000. Meticulously
de Lope de Vega restored in 1935 using some of
Lope de Vega’s own furniture,
Calle Cervantes 11. Map 7 B3. the house gives a great feeling
Tel 91 429 92 16.  Antón Martín, of Castilian life in the early 17th
Sevilla. Open 10am–6pm Tue–Sun. century. A dark chapel with no
Closed some public hols. ^ 8 only external windows occupies the
(available in English). ∑ casamuseo
lopedevega.org centre, separated from the
writer’s bedroom by only a
Félix Lope de Vega, a leading barred window. The small
Golden Age writer (see p38), garden at the rear is planted
moved into this house in 1610. with the flowers and fruit trees
Here he wrote over two­thirds mentioned by the writer in his
of his plays, thought to total works. He died here in 1635.

Castizos during San Isidro
Madrid’s Fiestas
San Isidro (15 May). Madrid’s
great party around 15 May
is in honour of St Isidore,
the humble 12th­century
farmworker who became
the city’s patron. With a
corrida every day, this is
Spain’s biggest bullfighting
event. Throughout the city
there are also art exhibitions,
open­air concerts and fire­
works. Many people dress
in castizo (see p306) folk
costume for the occasion.
The Passion (Easter Saturday),
Chinchón. A passion play
is performed in the town’s
atmospheric arcaded
Plaza Mayor.
Dos de Mayo (2 May). This
holiday marks the city’s
uprising against Napoleon’s
troops in 1808 (see p67).
New Year’s Eve. The nation
focuses on the Puerta del
Sol (see p276) at midnight
as crowds gather to swallow
a grape on each chime of
the clock.
Statue of Goya in front of the Prado
For hotels and restaurants in this area see pp568–9 and pp591–3

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