“This quintet represents the music that passes through the streets of Madrid at sunset, from the Ave María bell to the retreta… This piece is absolutely useless and even ridiculous outside Spain, as those who listen to it can never understand its meaning and the musicians cannot play it as it should be played”. Luigi…

The houses and tower of the Lujanes, located in the ancient Plaza de San Salvador—today known as Plaza de la Villa—are the main hallmark of Madrid’s civil architecture from the medieval era, as this complex constitutes the only 15th-century palace-house preserved in Madrid. The Houses of the Ocaña Family In the northern half of its…