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The plaza de la Villa is an urban square in central Madrid, Spain. The square, bordering the Calle Mayor , houses some of the oldest buildings still around in the city. History and description
The Casa de la Villa is a building located in Madrid, Spain. It served as city hall from the 17th to the 21st century. It lies at the Plaza de la Villa , near the Calle Mayor .
The Atalaya de la Corte was one of the tallest towers in the Madrid of the Habsburgs with 144 feet (about 40 meters). The Atalaya de la Corte was located on the site now occupied by the Plaza de Santa Cruz. It belonged to the church of that name, built in the 13th century, and transformed during the 17th century after catching fire in 1620.
The Casa Cisneros is a palace located on the Plaza de la Villa in Madrid, Spain.Built in Plateresque style in 1537, at the request of Benito Jiménez de Cisneros, a 16th-century architect and nephew of Cardinal Cisneros (statesman and whose founder of founded the Complutense University), it is named in his honor.
The Monument to Álvaro de Bazán is an instance of public art in Madrid, Spain.Located at the Plaza de la Villa, it consists of a bronze sculpture designed by Mariano Benlliure representing Álvaro de Bazán—a noted 16th century Admiral of the Spanish Navy once described by Cervantes as "father of soldiers, lightning of war, fortunate and never defeated captain"— [1] put on top of a stone ...
The importance of the Puerta del Sol in the sixteenth century was scarce compared to other areas of Madrid, being more relevant the Plaza del Salvador (predecessor of the Plaza de la Villa), the Puerta de Guadalajara, and especially the Plaza Mayor, [1] as shown in the chronicles of the time.
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[citation needed] Among the few preserved medieval buildings are the mudejar towers of San Nicolás and San Pedro el Viejo churches, the palace of Luján family (located in the Plaza de la Villa), the Gothic church of St. Jerome, part of a monastery built by the Catholic Monarchs in the 15th century, and the Bishop's Chapel.