The Casa Museum of Lope de Vega in Madrid !!!

Posted in Europe, Madrid, Spain

Well of course from birth I was taught and made remember the plays of a giant of Spanish literature ,playwriter, and a poet that was Félix Lope de Vega Carpio, better known as Lope de Vega. And is in my whimsical Barrio de las Letras (see post) neighborhood in my beloved Madrid! I took my boys on an educational visit for the roots of it all! I found me a new picture in my cd rom vault and decided to update an older post with it for you and me, Therefore, let me give you my take on the casa museum of Lope de Vega in Madrid !!! Hope you enjoy the post as I.

The Casa-Museo de Lope de Vega is located at Calle Cervantes, 11. The house is a typical example of a 17C common dwelling. It was finished  in 1578. Having bought the house in 1610, Lope de Vega lived there the last twenty-five years of his life with his  second wife, Juana Guardo, until her death in 1635. One of her girls then inherit it, then a nephew who sells it in 1674. Move forward a bit, and in 1929, its owner, Antonia García de Cabrejo, created a foundation there to teach orphans how to make lace. Having no heir, after her death the foundation became in 1931 property of the Royal Spanish Academy, which still owns it. After restoration, the Casa-Museo de Lope de Vega was inaugurated in 1935. Between 1973 and 1975, the house was restored again.

In this period the different rooms were rebuilt: oratory, dais, dining room, kitchen, study and bedrooms of the poet and his daughters on the first floor and on the second the guest rooms and servitude. Lope de Vega enjoyed an interior garden often mentioned in his poems and writings and that had to be rebuilt as well. Some objects belonging to the poet and preserved in the convent of the Trinitarian, where professed a daughter of his, have been transferred to the house-museum. Inside there are several paintings provided by the Prado Museum and the furniture, from the 17C, comes from the García Cabrejo Foundation,now under the Real Academia Española.  A third restoration was done between 1990 and 1992. A wonderful place off the beaten path to visit in my Madrid!

The official Casa Museum of Lope de Vega: https://casamuseolopedevega.org/en/

The Madrid tourist office on the Casa Museum of Lope de Vega: https://www.esmadrid.com/en/tourist-information/casa-museo-lope-de-vega

There you go folks, if you want to know about Spanish literature , playwriters and dwell on the history of Spain, then by all means stop by this house museum of Lope de Vega. Again, hope you enjoy on the Casa Museum of Lope de Vega in Madrid !!! as I.

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

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Published by pedmar10

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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