Calle de Donoso Cortés
Recalls Juan Donoso Cortés (1809-1853), the writer and politician from Extremadura who moved from moderate liberalism to an authoritarian Catholicism and died as ambassador in Paris.
The name honors Juan Donoso Cortés, born in Valle de la Serena (Badajoz) in 1809. He entered politics young, defending a moderate, French-style liberalism, but over the years he turned toward an ever more rigid traditionalism, especially after accompanying the regent María Cristina into exile.
His fame arrived in 1849 with his Discourse on Dictatorship, defending the emergency powers of Narváez’s government, and was cemented by his Essay on Catholicism, Liberalism and Socialism, which proclaimed the political supremacy of the Church. He died in Paris in 1853, while serving as ambassador.
Today the street links Bravo Murillo with Isaac Peral and crosses the neighborhoods of Gaztambide and Arapiles.