Hestevan+Montoya+-+Webquest

=__Hestevan Montoya - Webquest__=


 * 1. What marks the differences between a civil and a religious building?**

The difference between the civil and religius buildings was their function. The civil buildings was for doing official mettings and for showing the power of the nobles and kings. In the other hand the religius buildings were made for praying and making religius ceremonies and events. They were the place were the religius people lived


 * 2. Make a list of the most important civil buildings and another of the most important religious buildings in the city that you can still see today.**

-Plaza Mayor, Palacio de los Consejos, Museo de San Isidro and Casa y Torre de los Lujanes
 * Civil Buildings:**

-Colegio Imperial de los Jesuitas, Basilica de San Miguel, Basilica de San Andres, Capilla de San Isidro, Capilla del Obispo
 * Religious Buildings :**

Answer the following questions for each of the buildings that you mention on your list.
 * 3. What function did the civil buildings have? What were they used for?**

The civil buildings were used for the local celebrations, meetings and congresses, recieving important people from other countries and they were also the place in which Nobles and Kings lived. They showed the power the Local Noble or King had.


 * 4. What function did the religious buildings have? What were they used for?**

The function of the religius buildings was to make any kind of religius acts (weedings, massive prays,etc). They also were the place where the Religius people (suck as monks, priest, abots, etc) lived.


 * 5. Who ordered and paid for the construction of the civil buildings? Why?**

The nobles and the Kings ordered and pay for the construction of the civil buildings for showing their power and for living there sometimes. They were also built for the public and private important events.


 * 6. Who ordered and paid for the construction of the religious buildings? Why?**

Some of the religius buildings were by the abots, monks and the rest of the Church but they were paid by the Kings or the Nobles. They were built for religius ceremonies such as weedings, to pray and baptisms


 * //LA GRAN PREGUNTA//**

During the Modern age, Madrid was organiced with the 3 estates. The first state was made up by the Nobles and Kings, who were in charge of politics and the important possitions in the country. The second state was the one of the Clergy, in which all the members of the Church were included. This 2 estates didnt have to pay taxes and they recieved money from the Third estate, who was made up by the workers, peasents, craftsman and the bourgeoisie. The big buildings that were built in Madrid during the modern age, were made by the first and the second estate (nobles and clergy) to show their power and in some cases their generosity to the people. They were also built for show their "involucration" with the city, building them for social events and acts. With those enormous structures, the nobles and the King wanted to show themselves as the richest and more powerful of all the nobles, and in the case of the King, to show himself as an great and generous monarch. One example of a civil building or place is "La Plaza Mayor" which was ordered by the King Philip III as a market and for organicing social events like bullfighting, "autos de fe", as a square arms and the place where the goverment executed people. Other example but of a religius building is the "Parroquia de San Gines" that was ordered by Jose Luis Marin (the brother of a Bishop) so the people living near the Arenal Street have a place to pray and to be near God. It was used to pray and for religius ceremonies such as weedings and baptisms. The role religion play in the XVI and XVII century was very important because they were a privileged estate which recieved a huge quantity of money from the third estate and were very powerful and rich so they had a huge influence in politics and goverment. It wasnt a private and personal matter because if it was like that, they wouldnt be so rich and so powerful as they were, because they would focus more in praying and dedicate they lifes to God and not to the money and power they had. It was more related with social status because they had a big ammount of privileges (they didnt pay taxes, they could be in politics, they couldnt be tortured, freedom of speech, etc) that the rest of the people didnt have, so the third state respect them and help them for example to build their buildings. My personal opinion is that the role religion played during the modern age, its ridiculus because the important bishops and abots were more focused in having more money and power and living in big cathedrals and palaces, that in dedicating their lives to pray and to help people.