The construction, by the architect Joaquín María Belda Ibáñez, is arranged around several courtyards. Some of these patios are porticoed, with iron columns.
Between the 13th and 14th centuries the construction of the refectory and the chapter hall of this convent of Carmen began, with the arrival of Carmelites from France.
The Gothic cloister is already ...
Type of house called house-staircase or escaleta. These houses had one dwelling per floor and it was climbed by a side staircase. They were usually for rent and were occupied by the lower classes of the ...
Starting in 1946, the museum moved to its current location in the old San Pío V school. From that date, until 1983, the premises were occupied solely by the San Carlos School of Fine Arts and the School ...
The Renaissance cloister is already from the 16th century.
Except for the church, from 1838 on, the rest of the convent will be used as a Museum and School of Fine Arts.
In 1882 this cloister was covered and the refectory and the chapter house were prepared for the new museum functions and the School of Fine Arts. And, as of 1994, the divisions and the roof of the Gothic ...
The battlements of the coastal path or barbican had to be restored, under the direction of José Aixa Íñigo, starting in 1890. In many photos from the 19th century they are destroyed.
The appearance they offered after its construction was different, since the tracery were painted reddish. The "claves" and the beginnings of the vaults were painted by Marçal del Sax and Pere Nicolau. ...
The gates of Serranos never fulfilled a defensive function (they were never attacked). They did serve, as a reception for kings and for celebrations. These towers were also used as a prison from 1586 to ...
These doors housed for a time, during the Civil War, the works of art from the Prado Museum; guarded by the Republican Government before the danger of destruction by the aerial bombings on Madrid.