Costanilla de las Trinitarias
Named after the convent of the Discalced Trinitarians, founded in the early 17th century, whose church has its facade on Calle de Lope de Vega. The Trinitarian order was devoted to ransoming captive Christians, and Cervantes was buried in this convent in 1616.
Miguel de Cervantes had been a captive for five years in Algiers, and it was the Trinitarians—the order devoted to gathering ransom money and freeing Christians from Barbary corsairs—who negotiated his release. So when he died in 1616 he chose to be buried here, in the convent where his daughter Isabel had taken vows.
Then came the tale of the lost bones: works in the late 17th century disturbed the graves and his remains were misplaced. For centuries no one knew for certain where he lay, though all knew he was still on the grounds. Research placed him back inside the convent, and the tomb seen today was unveiled in 2015.
Its names
- Sin denominación documentada (zona de charquetales)antes de h.1612
- Costanilla de las Trinitariash.1650–hasta hoy
Sources (7)
- Convento de las Trinitarias Descalzas — Wikipedia
- Convento de las Trinitarias Descalzas — Hispanopedia
- Convento de las Trinitarias Descalzas de San Ildefonso — Casa Museo Lope de Vega
- Las Trinitarias Descalzas — Rutas Madrid
- Capmany y de Montpalau, Antonio de — Origen histórico y etimológico de las calles de Madrid (1863), entrada «Costanilla de las Trinitarias», p. 113–114
- Mesonero Romanos, Ramón de — El antiguo Madrid (1861), cap. «El Hospital y las Huertas», ed. digital publiconsulting.com
- Plano de Teixeira (1656) — Geoportal del Ayuntamiento de Madrid