Madrid writer’s houses and museums
Madrid is the land of great writers. There are a wide variety of examples of men and women of letters that were born, lived or died in Madrid, and that created their best works while they were in the Spanish capital. Today in Gran Vía Capital we’re going to show you some of the best.
Madrid writer’s houses and museums
House Museum of Cervantes
The House Museum of the greatest Spanish writer, Cervantes, is located in Alcalá de Henares, just next to the place where his family’s house was believed to be. Experts think that this is the building where Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra was born and lived his first years.
In this museum you can enjoy workshops, theatre plays, children activities, thematic visits, conferences, concerts… in addition to walking through the different rooms that let us see how life was back in the 16th and 17th centuries. In the temporary exhibits room you can see a great collection of Cervantes’ books in different languages and editions.
The Museum generally opens from Tuesday to Sunday from 10am to 6pm (although the last visit starts at 5:30pm)
House Museum of Lope de Vega
Lope de Vega’s House Museum is located in the heart of Madrid, right in the Letras neighbourhood. This edification, built in 1578 was bought by the dramatist in 1610. He lived there until he deceased, in 1635. In the same way as in Cervantes’ House Museum, in Lope de Vega’s House Museum you can take part in all kinds of different cultural activities, exhibits and guided visits. The setting and feel of the house takes you back to the 17th Century, the Spanish Golden Age.
Other writer’s houses
Even these are not houses you can visit, literature enthusiasts can surely write down some very interesting addresses where important writers lived during some time.
- Pablo Neruda, Hilarión Eslava, 2. Best known as the Flower House
- Pio Baroja, Ruiz de Alarcón, 12.
- Quevedo, Madera, 28.
- Góngora, Quevedo, 7 (We can’t just stay silent facing the fact that Góngora’s house is located in a street that nowadays is named after his most fierce literary and personal enemy)
- Vicente Aleixandre, Calle Vicente Aleixandre, 3.