


Protected Heritage 2022
Learn about the Assets of Cultural Interest and the Assets of Heritage Interest declared in the Community of Madrid in 2022
The Ship of the Virgin of Alarilla
La Ship of the Virgin of Alarilla of Fuentidueña de Tajo It is a river procession in which the Virgin of Alarilla, in a barge shaped like the old rope boats, descends the Tagus for more than 800 m accompanied by her devotees, preceded by swimmers who carry torches and light the way and escorted by hundreds of people swimming after her.
It constitutes a festivity whose unique elements make it a Cultural Event declared an Asset of Cultural Interest in March 2022.
The Adoration of the Shepherds. Valencian school
La Adoration of the Shepherds It is an oil, tempera and gold leaf painting on panel with a carved and gilded wooden frame with Gothic tracery, dated in the XNUMXth century. It belonged to the collection of Manuel González Martí, creator of the González Martí National Museum of Ceramics and Sumptuary Arts, where the panel was exposed to the public for years. The work highlights the importance that Valencian tilework reached in its time, until it became a frequent icon in medieval Gothic painting, not only in Spain.
Due to its technical, artistic and compositional quality, it is a representative work of the Valencian school of the 2022th century, an example of a new visual configuration that assimilates the Flemish aesthetic into a final Gothic and blends both styles. For this reason, it has been declared an Asset of Cultural Interest, in March XNUMX.
Ornament in the Gate of Guadalajara. Lorenzo Quiros
Paint Ornament in the Guadalajara Gate, by the Baroque painter from Extremadura, Lorenzo Quirós, is an urban scene that represents the reception in the capital of Carlos III, María Amalia de Saxony, and their accompanying retinue, at their entrance through the Puerta de Guadalajara: an ephemeral architectural ornament that became a commemorative of this event.
It is part of a series of eight paintings, of which three were lost and five belong to the San Fernando Royal Academy of Fine Arts and are currently deposited in the Madrid History Museum. The work not only completes part of the series of "Ornaments" paintings that the author made on the occasion of the entry of Carlos III into Madrid in 1760, but also constitutes the central axis of the series, as it is the only one in which it appears the royal chariot
It belonged to the personal collection of Manuel Godoy and has an appreciable value as a historical document, in addition to its artistic value, being made in one of the most brilliant periods of his production as an author. For all these reasons, it has been declared an Asset of Cultural Interest.
Set of 13 drawings and a manuscript by Federico García Lorca
Known worldwide as a poet and playwright, Federico García Lorca is one of the most outstanding figures of the Generation of '27 in Spanish Literature. The man from Granada was also a prose writer, draughtsman, pianist, set designer and lecturer, and was also one of the most prolific creators in regards to the relationship between poetry and painting, which flourished in the twenties, applying a poetic-plastic approach to when drawing, stating that the poems could have their image or vice versa.
The 13 illustrations They belong to the same period, between 1927 and 1928, and are executed with the same technique, Chinese ink on laid paper and, in some cases, they have a small cross underneath.
As to manuscript, it is a sheet of brown paper with verses written with a nib in black ink, of great documentary value as it is the draft of the poem lamentation of death, genesis of one of the most relevant books of XNUMXth century Spanish poetry: the Cante Jondo Poem.
Parish Church of Santa María la Antigua de Vicálvaro
La Church of Santa Maria la Antigua It is an outstanding example of Madrid architecture from the end of the XNUMXth century and the beginning of the XNUMXth. It was built in brick with masonry chains by Diego Sillero and Francisco Tofiño, following the traces of the Master of Royal Works, Francisco de Mora.
It has been declared a Site of Cultural Interest in the Monument category in June 2022.
Day of Charity of the Virgen de la Poveda and her Walking Human Castles
El Day of Charity of the Virgen de la Poveda and her Walking Human Castles It is a unique festive event, social cohesion and generator of community identity in the municipality of Villa del Prado. It is a pilgrimage to the Hermitage of Nuestra Señora de la Poveda where a field mass is celebrated for the Virgin, charities of bread are distributed to those present and three walking human castles are made by the Pradeños in honor of the virgin.
By collecting in its celebration elements that configure it as a cultural event of undoubted value and relevance, of which there are few examples today; the festival has been declared an Asset of Cultural Interest.
House of Vicente Aleixandre
La Vicente Aleixandre's house, also known as Velintonia, after the old name of the street where it is located, is a single-family building in which the Nobel Prize winner lived with his family from 1927 until his death in 1984.
The symbolic value of the house is justified by the fact that it was the scene of the poet's life and literary production, as well as a meeting place for prominent members of the Generation of '27, such as Dámaso Alonso, Gerardo Diego or Rafael Alberti. , artists, writers, intellectuals and politicians. That is why it has been declared an Asset of Patrimonial Interest.
Surroundings of house number 11 on Cervantes street
The house in which Félix Lope de Vega y Carpio lived for the last twenty-five years of his life, from 1610 to 1635, is located at number 11 Cervantes Street, in the historic center of Madrid, today converted into Lope de Vega House Museum.
In 1935, the Madrid Gazette published the Order of the Ministry of Public Instruction and Fine Arts by which the house was declared a Historic-Artistic Monument, due to its status as a historical and cultural landmark of relevance to the city of Madrid.
In 2022, protection will be extended to its surroundings, seeking the correct cultural perception and understanding of the declared property.
Surroundings Church of the Benedictines of Montserrat
La Montserrat Benedictine Church in Madrid has its origin in an old monastery founded by Felipe IV for the Castilian monks who were expelled from Montserrat after the uprising of Catalonia in 1640, as a rejection of Castilian influence.
In 1914 it was declared a National Monument for its status as a "cultural and historical landmark" for the city of Madrid and in 2022 its protection environment was delimited.
Surroundings Church of San Ginés
La Parish Church of San Ginés Madrid, on Calle Arenal, is one of the oldest in Madrid, whose origins date back to the XNUMXth century. In the XNUMXth century a new church was built with traces of Fray Lorenzo de San Nicolás.
In 1982 it was declared a Historic-Artistic Monument for its status as a "cultural and historical landmark of relevance to the city of Madrid". The declaration of its protection environment in 2022 is based on the need to adapt future urban and architectural interventions seeking the correct cultural perception and understanding of the declared property.
Saint Michael defeating the devil. peter slim
Paint Saint Michael defeating the devil It is an oil painting on panel, dated 1510, identified as the work of Pedro Delgado, the only signed and dated work of the painter that remains. Of great quality and technical virtuosity, salva bears witness to the unique work and artistic personality of the author, which takes on special significance as it brings together the extemporaneity of late Gothic together with the current Flemish influence in Toledo and the new Renaissance elements of Italian origin. It has as an added value that it was part of one of the most prestigious collections, the collection of the Count of Adanero.
That is why it has been declared an Asset of Cultural Interest in June 2022.
Villa and Palace of Torre Arias
Built in the XNUMXth century, in the historic town of Canillejas, as one of the private recreational villas of the nobility that proliferated at the time, the Quinta and the Palace of Torre Arias, presents in the same space a double productive and playful character, the result of the accumulation of multiple historical periods with special development of agricultural and livestock technologies.
Its set of natural and anthropic elements and its historical evolution make up a unique "Historic Ensemble", which has been declared a Site of Cultural Interest in July 2022.
Carvajal House
Located in Pozuelo de Alarcón, it is the masterpiece of javier carvajal, which contributed to the modernization of Spanish architecture in the second half of the 1964th century. Projected between 1965 and XNUMX as the architect's family home, it is a brutalist construction, considered one of the best examples of rationalist architecture of the sixties, which translates the rich Spanish tradition in this discipline into a contemporary language.
Therefore, the Carvaja HouseIt has been declared an Asset of Cultural Interest, in the Monument category, in August 2022.
Parish Church of the Immaculate Conception
La Parish Church of the Immaculate Conception It constitutes a notable example of a rural temple of constructive sobriety, reflecting the historical evolution of the town of Bustarviejo, in which it is located.
Elements such as its inertial Romanesque apse from the XNUMXth century, as well as remains of war-themed mural painting, carried out in the mid-XNUMXth or early XNUMXth century in linear Gothic style; give the church a special historical and artistic significance that justifies its declaration as an Asset of Heritage Interest.
Hermitage San Blas in Canillas
La Hermitage of San Blas, the old parish church of San Juan Evangelista, is the only building that remains from the old town of Canillas. It is a simple and sober building that responds to the characteristics of Madrid's Baroque architecture of the XNUMXth century.
Its baptismal font from the 2022th century, together with the pictorial decoration from the XNUMXth century, among other elements, have led to its declaration, in November XNUMX, as an Asset of Heritage Interest.
Personal archive of Vicente Aleixandre
The personal archive of the poet and Nobel Prize for Literature, Vicente Aleixandre, made up of documentary and bibliographic pieces, paintings, engravings and personal objects, provides valuable information to learn about the figure and creative world of its producer, as well as his relationship with poets contemporary writers and intellectuals. In his manuscripts you can follow the poetic evolution of his work, from the preliminary writings to the final poems.
Due to its cultural and historical importance and its bibliographic and archival value, the documentary set has been declared an Asset of Cultural Interest.
The Charterhouse of Talamanca de Jarama
La Charterhouse of Talamanca de Jarama It consists of a group of farms from the XNUMXth century and later that preserves a large part of the architectural and cultural memory of the installation of the Carthusian friars dependent on the Monastery of El Paular.
Its importance lies in having preserved construction materials, systems and techniques, used between the 2022th and XNUMXth centuries. The winery, the main building with its cloister, the chapel and the stable area, make up a unique set in the Community of Madrid, declared an Asset of Cultural Interest in December XNUMX.
Convent of the Incarnation in Griñón
El Convent of the Incarnation, in Griñón, It constitutes a representative example of the female convent model of the XNUMXth century in Madrid and Castile, characterized by simplicity both in the building plan and in its structures.
The property brings together influences from different aesthetics, with a typology of the plan of the church of Gothic origin, coffered ceilings of Mudejar tradition and Renaissance influence in decorative elements. These elements justify its declaration as an Asset of Cultural Interest in the Monument category.
Van Dyck's Adoration of the Magi
Paint Adoration of the Magi is an unpublished work by Anton van Dyck, one of the most important painters of the XNUMXth century.
Work dated around 1616-1617, when the painter was barely 17 or 18 years old, it stands out for the creativity and radicalism that characterized the initial moments of his career.
The treatment of light provides rhythm and energy to the work, also highlighting the mastery of color, rich and luminous, the brushwork and quality of the fabrics, characteristics that confirm the quality and artistic relevance of the work, declared an Asset of Cultural Interest, in December 2022.
Old flour factory La Eperanza, in Alcalá de Henares
The millhouse of the old La Esperanza flour factory, in Alcalá de Henares (Madrid), is one of the first examples of electric flour mills in the area that preserves the original production spaces and machinery practically intact. The latter dates from 1916, when manufacturing activity began and counts
with one of the few sets of first-generation mechanical flour mills preserved today
These heritage values justify its declaration in December 2022 as an Asset of Cultural Interest in the category of Industrial Interest.