in Madrid there are corners that might miss the walking, if there were no friendly hand to show them. This is the case with the two historic gardens today I want to teach readers of this blog, located very close to each other, in the heart of Old Madrid.
The first has access to the stately streets of Sacramento, near Main Street in the heart of old Madrid tourist route. A few days ago, we commented in this blog to visit the Church of Sacramento, called Cathedral Forces Armed and we recommended that the visitor to complete, circulate, at the exit of the temple, to his right, following what was formerly the wall of the old convent apartment building today, to find several steps, what remains of the old orchard Bernardine nuns, the "Garden of the nuns ." In making this visit on a holiday I could not take pictures of this secluded place, be closed to access, so that text was one-armed illustrations.
now corrected this defect, insert new one passage concerning this corner reminiscent of the old orchard Bernardine nuns belonging to the monastery disappeared by the combined force of the pump and the spike.
The place we can access, either on the streets of Sacramento, as we have done, by transposing a fence or down stairs, or by the Calle del Rollo, as preferred .
The first has access to the stately streets of Sacramento, near Main Street in the heart of old Madrid tourist route. A few days ago, we commented in this blog to visit the Church of Sacramento, called Cathedral Forces Armed and we recommended that the visitor to complete, circulate, at the exit of the temple, to his right, following what was formerly the wall of the old convent apartment building today, to find several steps, what remains of the old orchard Bernardine nuns, the "Garden of the nuns ." In making this visit on a holiday I could not take pictures of this secluded place, be closed to access, so that text was one-armed illustrations.
now corrected this defect, insert new one passage concerning this corner reminiscent of the old orchard Bernardine nuns belonging to the monastery disappeared by the combined force of the pump and the spike.
The place we can access, either on the streets of Sacramento, as we have done, by transposing a fence or down stairs, or by the Calle del Rollo, as preferred .
What we find, in the place where he was the original garden is a small shady garden, surrounded by modern buildings, except a wall of brick that appears to correspond to the old monastic buildings. Despite the changes, the site keeps the charm enough to wish for a while sitting on a bench listening to the murmur of the fountain and the friendly chirping of birds, although as this cold January morning, the garden is being subjected to severe pruning and the fountain shoots water, as would be his, such a claim must wait for better times .
In the center of the small garden, free from ivy and boxwood parterres, has been placed by the City from a source, we read, garden of the Palacio de Montellano, on Paseo de la Castellana, (demolished in 1966) and, in turn, came from the farm "Castañar" The Dukes of Montellano had in Cuerva (Toledo). The ornamental part of this source, uniquely French roots, (the dataremos between 1835 and 1855), is formed by a bronze sculptured group of four playful cherubs seated on a rock from which emerges the leading supplier and a plaque inscribed with the legend "Fonderies d'art, du Val d'Osne -58 Bd Voltaire. Paris, the French foundry most important part of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
To visit the second of the places we're going to show readers should leave the front and down the streets of Segovia by Tres Cruces. Then, across the street towards Segovia Plaza de la Paja and turning to your left you will find the entrance to the garden of the palace of the Prince of Anglona.
This garden is located on an artificial embankment saving a steep slope between the street and the street Segovia Anglona Prince, which, seen from the street Segovia, makes this a matter of "hanging garden", although not to emulate Babylon.
transpose Before entry, read the information contained in the corresponding "affiche" municipal and which we learn that in 1750 this place was a site without working. Eleven years later, in 1761 he performed Chalmandier garden design, who Wiikipedia dixit, " projected a small playground of the neoclassical style with touches characteristic of English gardens Arabs."
This Nicholas Chalmandrier, we read of course, was a French engraver, active from 1756 to 1782, he drew plans of several European cities including Paris, Toulouse, Gibraltar, Genoa, etc.. In Madrid drew the Geometric and Historical Map of Madrid and its environs, in 1761 as one of the most important planes in Madrid.
Palace which is attached the garden had several owners (all this according to the information contained encartelada): XI Conde de Benavente, Antonio Alfonso Herrera Pimentel Ponce de León, who obtained the property by marriage with Francisca Isabel Benavides , daughter of the Marquis of Javalquinto and Villareal. In 1802 the palace was transformed to become the residence of the Marquis of Peñafiel, the eldest son of the Duke of Osuna and she Beaufort and Dona Maria Francisca Torres. From here, the palace takes its final image.
When Marques becomes Duke of Osuna leaves home and goes to live in her brother Pedro de Alcántara Téllez-Girón, Prince and Marquis Anglona Javalquinto, Lieutenant General of the Royal Army which gives its name to the palace.
buys the house in 1872 the Marquis of La Romana and in 1920 responsible for the design of the garden Winthuysen Javier Losada (1874-1956) painter and landscape architects, author of a book " Gardens of Spain. Castilla "I think I have in my library .
Between 1940 and 1978 the house is rented to the City of Madrid who installs it and Statistics Section, Census.
passed in 1978 and municipal ownership in 2002, restored by the Ministry of Environment and the Municipal Board of the Centre is open to the public.
not know about you, but a tired parade of both the title of nobility, not wanting to verify the accuracy of the information contained in this historical memory and longs only passed through the gate and enter the haven of peace and tranquility that gives this garden a of the few specimens that have reached us of the noble houses of the Court in the eighteenth century. Let us therefore
. The rectangular garden space, with an approximate area of \u200b\u200b500 m2 , looks dark and lonely, somewhat neglected. Its layout is geometric. Two corridors of brick "rowlock" intersect perpendicularly and leave four spaces each quadrant.
Amid a granite fountain serves as a visual reference and both sides two pergolas which once studded with roses suppose.
Trees and shrubs are easily identified each with a wall chart, what a pity it is not spring!, Fill the spaces give a melancholy to the whole. Among the first Japanese acacia, banana, fruit trees: fig, pomegranate, almond ... and variety of shrub species .
A output invite discourse, surrounding the palace for the Principe de Anglona, \u200b\u200bto San Pedro Costanilla to admire the graceful Mudejar tower of San Pedro el Viejo, which we have yet seen.
output near Segovia Street allows us to see the facade of this palace that now houses their bass to a restaurant and provides some housing for rent (2,000 € month) on the upper floors . ©
Manuel Martínez Bargueño
January, 2011
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