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Back on the Plaza de Santa Ana

The end of the walk, with the spoils of fame divided and the way back to the metro.

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The Plaza de Santa Ana under the snow, photographed for Nuevo Mundo of 8 December 1904.

Here we come full circle, back on the square where the walk began.

What remains of this company is spread out unevenly. got a museum and a street, a street and a grave that stayed lost for four centuries, a street name, and a house he was forced to leave. The neighbourhood carries their names and knows it perfectly well.

On the north side of this square the Calle de la Cruz begins, and in a few minutes it brings you to the . That is where read out its sentences, and where our walk past the icons of Madrid passes through, on to the that rose from a Christmas fire and the that made fourteen streets disappear.

From this square you can reach the Puerta del Sol in five minutes, and the Sevilla and Antón Martín metro stops are both only a few minutes away. The terraces around the square are the obvious place to wind things down, and the smaller bars on the Calle de la Cruz and the Calle Núñez de Arce are usually quieter.

Map showing Plaza de Santa Ana, zuidkant bij de terrassen, 28012 Madrid
Plaza de Santa Ana, zuidkant bij de terrassen, 28012 MadridMadrid
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Sources. Story: Ayuntamiento de Madrid, esMadrid: Barrio de las Letras; Ayuntamiento de Madrid, Madrid Film Office, Plaza de Santa Ana. Photos: José Demaría López (Campúa), the Plaza de Santa Ana during the snowfall of December 1904, in Nuevo Mundo of 8 December 1904, public domain via Wikimedia Commons.

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