Calle del Marqués de Cubas

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Named after Francisco de Cubas y González-Montes (1826-1899), architect of Madrid’s neo-Gothic style and author of the design for the Almudena Cathedral. The City Council dedicated the street to him in 1900; it was earlier called de los Jardines and, for centuries, Calle del Turco.

Francisco de Cubas was an architect for the aristocracy and the Church, and also had a political career: he rose to mayor of Madrid, though his term lasted barely a month in 1892. His best-remembered work is the Almudena Cathedral. Before bearing his title, the street answered to a name with more legend: Calle del Turco, after a Turkish ambassador lodged there in 1649. And along that same street General Prim was walking one December night in 1870, on his way home, when he was shot. He died three days later.

Its names

  • Calle de los Siete Jardines / Calle de los Jardinesh.17th century
  • Calle del Turcoh.1649–1900
  • Calle del Marqués de Cubas1 junio 1900
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