Plaza de San Amaro
Recalls Saint Amaro, a pilgrim saint of the Spanish calendar, though it is not documented why that patron was chosen for the square.
More legendary than historical, the pilgrim was dropped from the Roman Martyrology in 2004, which took him for a figure of story. The temple that now stands to one side of the square bears a different name.
Legend shows him set on finding the earthly paradise. He asked after it among the sick and the travellers he helped, until a voice ordered him to set sail without knowing his course. Tradition links him to Burgos, where he was venerated as protector of pilgrims.
The square lies at the northern edge of Cuatro Caminos, a district that grew as a working-class suburb. Facing the traffic of Bravo Murillo — that old road to France — this corner keeps a quiet air, almost a village square within the city.