Casa de la Panadería

Plaza Mayor's first building

Address:

Plaza Mayor, 27 - Near Glorieta de San Vicente
28012 - Plaza Mayor, Ópera & Sol
Madrid

Nearest Bus or Train:

Sol

Open Hours:

11a-2p M-Su, 5p-8p M-Su

As the Plaza Mayor's first building, it served as a model for the rest. The original had archways that gave people access to the square and its daily market from the main street, or Calle Mayor. It was built for the bakers' guild in 1617 and had a colourfully painted façade that was later destroyed by fire. In the late 1980s, painter Carlos Franco was commissioned to redecorate the façade, which he did with allegorical depictions of time and the horoscope. The building now hosts interesting exhibitions about Madrid.

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