The Madrid Literary Movement
Tour description
Hello! I am Hugo and I invite you to enjoy an exciting cultural tour where the great artists of the Spanish word brought life and an ingenious literary duel , and you will learn about their great contribution to universal literature.
In just an hour and a half you will see where the writers of the Golden Age lived and created part of their works: Cervantes, Góngora, Lope de Vega, Quevedo... and also the poets of Romanticism such as Bécquer and Zorrilla; the Nobel Prize winners for Literature Echegaray and Benavente, and even the member of the Generation of '27 García Lorca, as well as other interesting characters and places.
Itinerary:
- Monument to Calderon de la Barca.
- Monument to Garcia Lorca.
- Spanish theater.
- Matute Square.
- Royal Academy of History.
- Convent of the Trinitarian Order.
- House of Quevedo /Gongora.
- House-Museum of Lope de Vega.
- House of Miguel de Cervantes.
- Birthplace of Jacinto Benavente.
- Church of San Sebastian.
During the tour I will tell you why the archetype of the "women-mocking" man is called Don Juan Syndrome; I will also tell you why Cervantes arranged for his mortal remains to rest in this Barrio de las Letras.
I hope to see you on my free tour and I am sure that you will always have a pleasant and unforgettable experience about the Madrid literary scene!
What will we see on this tour?
