Curiosities of Madrid, part IX !!!

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I take you back to my dear Madrid!! love it !! I like to continue the saga of my dear Madrid with new pictures from my cd rom vault that should be in my blog for you and me, This is again my lost walking trails of wonderful sublime Madrid, Therefore, let me tell you about curiosities of Madrid, part IX !!! Hope you enjoy the post as I. 

The Puerta de la Colonia de la Prensa is located in the Carabanchel district and it hides a surprising art-deco neighborhood built between 1913 and 1916. This colony, made for writers and journalists from the Los Cincuenta or the fifties professional association in order to develop the land between Lower and Upper Carabanchel, was made up of homes and small hotels in the modernist style with a garden. It has its main entrance at numbers 61 and 63 Calle Eugenia de Montijo, it is still possible to enjoy its spectacular entrance with a guard post with two splendid modernist control posts turrets, which was also used to halt the tramway and act as a telephone booth, and some of the original 65 chalets. You will see a gate with two towers with brackets holding a marquee decorated with drooping flowers. In the early days. The small modernist houses were designed by Mario López Blanco and true to its name, Colonia de la Prensa was built on the initiative of a group of journalists as a place of welcome for wealthy families wishing to escape the hustle and bustle of the city. They came to relax in the many small hotels and houses. The first stone of the Colony of the Press was done in 1913 by the king Alfonso XIII, it was estimated in 1915 as the construction of this singular puerta or gate of great architectural interests, was located at the beginning of the ancient street called Calle del Mediodía or midday street.

The Madrid tourist office on the Colonia de la Prensa : https://www.esmadrid.com/en/tourist-information/colonia-prensa

The 19C Fuente de Diana Cazadora or Diana the Huntress fountain ; is also known as the Fuente de la Cruz Verde or Green Cross fountain, after the name of the square where it is located, formed by a widening of Calle Segovia , where Calle Rollo and Calle de la Villa meet. The fountain was inaugurated in 1850 in the Plaza de la Cruz Verde, a site that takes its name from an old green-painted wooden cross, which was customarily used to mark the places where executions were carried out during the Inquisition. It was built at the initiative of the Madrid City Council to supply drinking water. Its design, and the sculptural group, which comes from the now-disappeared fountain in the Plaza de Puerta Cerrada, was created in the 17C,.It is attached to the façade of the garden of the now-gone Convent of the Bernardas del Santísimo Sacramento, which, like an embankment, bridges the steep slope between Calle Mayor and Calle de Segovia. The complex consists of three bodies, joined together by a granite plinth. The central one, which is higher, features a coat of arms of Madrid carved in white stone. Resting on its lintel is a statue of Diana, the virgin goddess of the hunt and protector of nature, dressed in a short tunic. It is made of white marble, as are the two mythological dolphins at her feet. The sculptural group is flanked by two ornamental white stone pine cones. The fountain has five spouts on its front, three of which are located in the central body and one on each side. Its water is deposited in three basins: the main one is located at the front and the other two on each side. All of them are made of granite and have a rectangular floor plan.

The Madrid tourist office on the Fuente de la Cruz Verde : https://www.esmadrid.com/en/tourist-information/fuente-de-la-cruz-verde-diana-cazadora

There you go folks , another wonderful nostalgic, sentimental trip to my dear Spain, A love affairs with my Madrid, as do not know when we will be back, we sure will have this trip in our hearts forever, Again, hope you enjoy this post on curiosities of Madrid, part IX !!! as I 

And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!

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I am a lover of travels to Europe , Americas , Africa and Asia as well ,who like to share my experiences of the last 53 years with the world, visiting so far 81 countries; living in 6, working in 5, and Citizen of 4, speaking fluently 4 languages. I can deal with sports especially football/soccer and love music, arts, wine collector/drinker, and go out to restaurants, and just visit the world. My background comes all the way from Candelaria and Pajara in Tenerife, Spain where my grandparents came from ;not knowing each other then, to Punta Brava, west of Havana, Cuba. There , my parents born in Cuba met and later on I was born there too. 100% guanche (annexed Tenerife to Spain on April 10 ,1496). I left Cuba as many have to Madrid, Spain where I lived for 4 years. Then, move to Perth Amboy ,New Jersey USA (living there 13 yrs) ; where I completed high school, became a US Citizen, learned to drive a car, and learned English. Afterward, went to the university in Florida, ERAU, and upon graduation decided to moved there to Ormond by the Sea, near Daytona Beach, finally moving North Miami, then Hialeah, then another moved to Silver Lakes division in Miramar, Broward county, Florida; in Florida I lived a total of 18 years. Finally , moved to France in 2003 ,Versailles call me for its royalty, and working in Paris was great. It was time to seek frontiers again and moved to Brech near Auray, Morbihan in Brittany , and later move to not too far Pluvigner. Total so far in France has been 20 years, and counting. Moving average a home every 5.5 years hopefully this will be my last. Cheers All rights reserved. No part of this blog may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the written permission of the copyright holder, me. No part of this work may be modified, without the written permission of the holder, me.No part of this work may be exposed to public view in any form or by any means, without identifying the holder as the author, and with the before mentioned permission.

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