Elisa+Manrque-webquest

= Answers Webquest-Cazatesoros =

The diferences consist of the character and use of the building.
 * 1. What marks the differences between a civil and a religious building?**


 * 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.**

__**Civil Buildings:**__

-Alcazar Real -La casa y torre de los lujanes -La Plaza Mayor -Museo de San Isidro -Palacio de los consejos

__**Religious buildings:**__

-Capilla de San Isidro -Parroquia de San Ginés -Basilíca de San Andrés

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 function that had the Real Álcazar was to military, to reinforce the defense system of the Media. The function of The House and The Tower of the Lujanes was the house of the Lujans family, and in the 19th century it became an optical telegraph station on the Madrid-Aranjuez because at that time, was one of the tallest buildings in Madrid. It also have an aneccdote that Francis I was prisioner there during the governing of Charles V. La Plaza Mayor had a lot of function; it was use it to do bullfighting, it was a square of arms and ir was also used to make public executions. Museo de San Isidro was created to lodge people. Palacio de los Consejos was used as a residence of real people.


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

Capilla de San Isidro was created to be worthy of the Boss of Madrid and to deposit San Isidro's remains. Parroquia de San Ginés it function was to led the people pray..... Basílica de San Andrés it was used to pry and it was creates in honor of San Andrés (the first apostol called by Christ)


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

The construction of civil buildings was ordered in many cases by Spanish Royalty; for example the Real Alcazar or The Plaza Mayor. Sometimes the buildings were used as aristochratic residences; for example The Palcaio de lo Consejos was ordered to build by the Duke of Uceda. It´s supposed that this contruction were paid by the Crown and the taxes.


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

The origin of religious building is more diverse. There are religious buildings we dont know who ordered its construction; this is the case of The Parish of San Andrés. Don Francisco de Vargas ordered the construction of the Chapel of the Bishop of Madrid. The Town Council ordered the reconstruction of the Parroquía de San Ginés in 16th century. Imperial college, proposed by a Jesuit priest, was built by order of the Count of Feria in a piece of ground given by a noble woman.

The buildings did not only have a concrete function (prayer, government, household, market, etc.) but they were also used by the people who built or paid for them as ways of showing the rest of the society their importance and social status.**//
 * ||  || //**After researching Madrid's most important 16th and 17th century buildings, you will have discovered that their architecture not only gives us information about art, but also clues that allow us to understand the society of the period.


 * Considering the buildings that you have studied, write a small composition (20 lines) in which you explain:**


 * 1. In what ways society organized in Madrid during the Modern Age?**
 * 2. What did the people who built the buildings hope to show with their structures?**
 * 3. What role did religion play in 16th and 17th century society? Was it a private and personal matter? Or, was it related to social status?**
 * Give your personal opinion, but support it using the buildings and exampled what you have studied to defend your ideas.**

During the Austrian kings reign society was organized in a feudal system. The clergy and the nobility were privileged estates and a way of showing their high position was the magnificence of their seats. Noblemen and clergymen competed with each other in building palaces and churches. However the Crown itself ordered the most important civil works, such as the construction of the Plaza Mayor. With the arrival of Spanish Court to Madrid, the population of the city increased. First, members of the court, public officials and noblemen came to Madrid. Then, a lot of immigrants arrived; they were peasants, ancient soldiers and their families coming to work as noblemen’s servants. Finally the clergy arrived. Church was very important then and it tried to influence in the Court. Catholic Church founded many monasteries, such as San Jerónimo el Real, and parishes. As in the case of civil buildings, religious buildings were ordered to be built by kings or rich families, (Francisco de Vargas ordered to build the Parish of San Ginés). ||