WALK THROUGH MADRID Gran Vía and Lavapies neighborhood - Spain
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2021-02-03
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The centenary Gran Vía
Is one of the main arteries of the city and one of its most emblematic avenues. Its creation, between 1910 and 1931, marked the beginning of the modernization of the city with the construction of the first skyscrapers in the country and the incursion of current architectural trends from the United States.
The project, designed to decongest the chaotic center of the city -which was formed by a network of alleys of which twenty-two disappeared-, was carried out in three sections, starting at its confluence with Calle Alcalá. The first of them continued to the Red de San Luis, the second to the Plaza del Callao and, finally, the third continued to the Plaza de España. Each of them reflected the new architecture of the years in which they were made.
Due to the fact that the project had to respect three religious buildings - the Oratorio de Caballero de Gracia, the church of San José and the missing church of San Francisco de Borja -, the route of the avenue ended up being more irregular than expected. The result is a magnificent set of buildings that includes some as emblematic as the Metropolis, the Telefónica building, the Casino, the Capitol Building or the Callao cinema.
Lavapies neighborhood
Today we also visit one of the oldest neighborhoods in the capital, Lavapiés. Located outside the city of Madrid, it was a Jewish neighborhood according to the remains of a Jewish cemetery found on Calle Salitre. There is even the belief that the church of San Lorenzo was built on an old synagogue.
Be that as it may, what is clear is that the ceremony of washing their feet that the Jews performed in the square before entering the temple gave the neighborhood its name.
When in 1492 the Catholic Monarchs ordered the Jews to be expelled, many residents of the neighborhood converted to Christianity, changing their names to Manuel or Manuela, hence the residents of Lavapies are called manolos.
For centuries Lavapiés continued to be a popular neighborhood that grew thanks to the immigration of the rural population. From here, corralas were born, austere and cheap houses that sheltered these new residents of Lavapiés. An example of this construction is La corrala de Sombrerete, next to the Plaza de Agustín Lara, declared a National Monument.
Another element that favored the growth of the neighborhood was its proximity to the largest and oldest second-hand market in Madrid, El Rastro, which attracted numerous merchants who sought their home in Lavapiés.
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The centenary Gran Vía
Is one of the main arteries of the city and one of its most emblematic avenues. Its creation, between 1910 and 1931, marked the beginning of the modernization of the city with the construction of the first skyscrapers in the country and the incursion of current architectural trends from the United States.
The project, designed to decongest the chaotic center of the city -which was formed by a network of alleys of which twenty-two disappeared-, was carried out in three sections, starting at its confluence with Calle Alcalá. The first of them continued to the Red de San Luis, the second to the Plaza del Callao and, finally, the third continued to the Plaza de España. Each of them reflected the new architecture of the years in which they were made.
Due to the fact that the project had to respect three religious buildings - the Oratorio de Caballero de Gracia, the church of San José and the missing church of San Francisco de Borja -, the route of the avenue ended up being more irregular than expected. The result is a magnificent set of buildings that includes some as emblematic as the Metropolis, the Telefónica building, the Casino, the Capitol Building or the Callao cinema.
Lavapies neighborhood
Today we also visit one of the oldest neighborhoods in the capital, Lavapiés. Located outside the city of Madrid, it was a Jewish neighborhood according to the remains of a Jewish cemetery found on Calle Salitre. There is even the belief that the church of San Lorenzo was built on an old synagogue.
Be that as it may, what is clear is that the ceremony of washing their feet that the Jews performed in the square before entering the temple gave the neighborhood its name.
When in 1492 the Catholic Monarchs ordered the Jews to be expelled, many residents of the neighborhood converted to Christianity, changing their names to Manuel or Manuela, hence the residents of Lavapies are called manolos.
For centuries Lavapiés continued to be a popular neighborhood that grew thanks to the immigration of the rural population. From here, corralas were born, austere and cheap houses that sheltered these new residents of Lavapiés. An example of this construction is La corrala de Sombrerete, next to the Plaza de Agustín Lara, declared a National Monument.
Another element that favored the growth of the neighborhood was its proximity to the largest and oldest second-hand market in Madrid, El Rastro, which attracted numerous merchants who sought their home in Lavapiés.
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