Calle de Zorrilla
For José Zorrilla (1817-1893), Romantic poet and playwright, author of Don Juan Tenorio, the most performed play in the Spanish repertoire. The City Council dedicated the street to him by resolution of 10 February 1893, weeks after his death; it was previously called calle del Sordo.
The calle del Sordo (of the Deaf Man) was the old name, said to come from a shabby inn lost in those open fields. Its owner, deaf, gave shelter to wrongdoers, or so ran the legend among the neighbours.
The change came quickly: the poet José Zorrilla died in January 1893 and, barely weeks later, on 10 February, the council resolved to dedicate the street to him. Today the calle de Zorrilla runs between Cedaceros and the paseo del Prado, beside the Teatro de la Zarzuela.
Its names
- Calle del Sordoanterior a 1893 (documentada al menos desde h.1841)
- Calle de Zorrilla1893
Sources (7)
- Calle de Zorrilla — Wikipedia (es)
- José Zorrilla — Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes (biografía)
- Por las calles de Madrid — blog fotográfico, entrada Calle de Zorrilla
- Peñasco de la Puente, H. y Cambronero, C. — Las calles de Madrid (1889), BNE Digital
- Establecimiento Tipográfico Calle del Sordo núm. 11 — Morel.la
- Establecimiento tipográfico de la Calle del Sordo — Prensa Histórica MCU
- Calle de Zorrilla — Wikidata Q29352014