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Our tour starts at the Plaza de Isabel II, from where we will arrive to the place where he was born Madrid and is currently the Royal Palace, from there we will begin to wander the streets of the most traditional of the city, beginning with the oldest Church in the capital, San Nicolás de los Servitas, a witness to the cultural clash between moors and christians. Tour the that was the most important square in Madrid in the Middle Ages, the Square of the Villa, the place where in 1202 signed the charters of the town and where we can still see some of the symbols that were used in Madrid during the Middle Ages, after passing by the Church of San Miguel and the Alley of the Bun, come to the Houses to Malice, that remind us of the picaresque people to evade taxes.
We will pass by the Plaza de la Cruz Verde, a place where the Inquisition was the car of faith before becoming Madrid in Capital and visit one of the most charming squares and most unknown of Madrid, Plaza del Alamillo, where the legend is placed one of the exploits of the warrior Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, known as el Cid Campeador. The Plaza de la Paja, a commercial center of Medieval Madrid, is situated next to two churches of the most beautiful of the city, the Chapel of the Bishop and the Church of San Andrés. From the gates of the Palace of the Vargas, patterns of San Isidro, we will know the history of the pattern of Madrid who lived and died in this palecete of the ELEVENTH century, down the street of the Almond tree, where we will find the part of the ancient Walls Christian of the ELEVENTH century, to lead in the Church of San Pedro el Viejo, founded by Alfonso X the Wise, and where they keep some of the most relevant stories of the Kingdom of Castile, after passing through the former nunciature, the seat of the papacy in Madrid, we will arrive to the Square of the Closed Door, where will the final point of this tour.
In addition to visiting the places that still retains the Madrid of the medieval period, we will also do a recorrdio for the historical events most important that have occurred in Madrid before becoming the Capital of the Spanish Empire in 1561.
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Tour through the oldest part of Madrid, the area is not very crowded and the most beautiful of the city, where we will learn the origins of the city of Madrid and its development in the medieval period, before cobvertirse in the Capital of Spain.
Approximately 2 hours.
You will find us in the Plaza de Isabel II, next to the statue of Isabel II.Metro Opera (L2).
El guía llevará un BANDERÍN NEGRO CON FLECOS ROJOS y una acreditación oficial de guía turístico.
Spanish
Our tour starts at the Plaza de Isabel II, from where we will arrive to the place where he was born Madrid and is currently the Royal Palace, from there we will begin to wander the streets of the most traditional of the city, beginning with the oldest Church in the capital, San Nicolás de los Servitas, a witness to the cultural clash between moors and christians. Tour the that was the most important square in Madrid in the Middle Ages, the Square of the Villa, the place where in 1202 signed the charters of the town and where we can still see some of the symbols that were used in Madrid during the Middle Ages, after passing by the Church of San Miguel and the Alley of the Bun, come to the Houses to Malice, that remind us of the picaresque people to evade taxes.
Pasaremos por la Plaza de la Cruz Verde, lugar donde la Inquisición realizaba los autos de fe antes de convertirse Madrid en Capital y visitaremos una de las plazas con más encanto y a su vez más desconocidas de Madrid, la Plaza del Alamillo, donde la leyenda situa una de las hazañas del guerrero Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, más conocido como el Cid Campeador. La Plaza de la Paja, centro comercial del Madrid Medieval, se situa junto a dos iglesias de las más hermosas de la ciudad, la Capilla del Obispo y la Iglesia de San Andrés. Desde las puertas del Palacio de los Vargas, patrones de San Isidro, conoceremos la historia del patrón de Madrid que vivió y murió en este palecete del siglo XI, descenderemos por la calle del Almendro, donde nos encontraremos con parte de la antiguas Murallas Cristianas del siglo XI, para desembocar en la Iglesia de San Pedro el Viejo, fundada por Alfonso X el Sabio, y donde se guarda alguna de las historias más relevantes del Reino de Castilla, tras pasar por la antigua nunciatura, sede del papado en Madrid, llegaremos a la Plaza de la Puerta Cerrada, donde pondremos el punto final a este recorrido.
Además de visitar los lugares que aún conserva Madrid de época medieval, también haremos un recorrdio por los acontecimientos históricos más importantes que ocurrieron en Madrid antes de convertirse en la Capital del Imperio Español en 1561.
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Approximately 2 hours.
You will find us in the Plaza de Isabel II, next to the statue of Isabel II. Metro Opera (L2).
El guía llevará un BANDERÍN NEGRO CON FLECOS ROJOS y una acreditación oficial de guía turístico.
Spanish
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