Museo+de+san+Isidro+2

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 * English.**

Address: Plaza de San Andres, 2 Madrid, 28005 Phone number: +34 91 366 7415 Fax: +34 91 364 4159 e-mail: museosanisidro@munimadrid.es Sitio web: [] Station: Tribunal neighborhood: Plaza España & Conde Duque

Is located in the square of San Andrés, next the parish of San Andrés.
 * 2. Lugar exacto dodne se encuentra actualmente.**

Was built in the first half of the XVI century. after settling trhe cort in Madrid in 1561, the building became to shelter the court of La Nunciatura untilo 1681. In this year, the building was acquired by the Counts of Paredes and his descendants lived there until the first half of the XIX century. iN 1974, the building was in bad conditions and some rooms of the palace were demoled. Later, in 1989, the city council started a raffle to transform the palace in museum.
 * 3. In wich years was built ?**

It was built to act as home.It was built by the family of Los Lujanes.
 * 4. For what is had been built?**

He ordered to build the family of Lujanes, noble family, settled in the village, where only noble families wich a lot of capital. There royal weddings were celebrated. political events, international embassies, and more. The noble families settled in the village during the reign of Henry III.
 * 5.Who sent built the building? Who built it ?**

They don't now very well the apparence of the building when it was palace, they found some rooms in decance and have to throw some rooms. It was remoleding to convert it into museum, now the museum is more modern.
 * 6.Description of the building.**

The palace was changed to museum is now an archaeological museum where you will find a selection of antiquities ranging from the first human presence in the Manzanares valley until the city became the seat of the Court in 1561. The center has a library specialized in archeology and history of Madrid with more than 10,000 volumes and also regular exhibitions, conferences and publications in order to disclose the historical past of our city.
 * 7. For what is used now?**

This building was important because there lived San Isidro. Isidro was the patron of Madrid.
 * 8. Why is important?**

In the courtyard of the palace is the miraculous well, where they tell That San Isidro have saved his son from drowning by doing the waters rise up to the curb. It is said that near the well were the quarters of San Isidro and his wife Santa María de la Cabeza, so in 1663 decided to establish in this room a chapel dedicated to Saints in 1789 the chapel was decorated with tempera paints from Zacarias Gonzalez Velazquez.
 * 9.Leyends,historys...**

[|**http://www.madridhistorico.com/seccion7_enciclopedia/index_enciclopedia.php?idA=SAN**] **ISIDRO&idinformacion=698&pag=1#inicio2**
 * 10.Sources**

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