In many cities, regions and countries of the world abound the legends.In Mysterious we have seen several of them as the Alsatian legend of Ondina or the walled balcony in the Castril house of Granada.In this occasion we want to approach the capital of Spain to know 15 Legends of Madrid that will astonish you.Discover them! All the legends usually have several versions that have been woven over time, we have tried to tell you the most popular in each case.
The city of Madrid is rich in legends and hides a lot of secrets as we could see in post 35 Amazing curiosities of Madrid.We hope that these stories will take you to other times and discover new places and characters of the capital and its community.If you are planning to visit the capital of Spain, here we leave you a post that will help you plan your trip: How to plan your trip to Madrid.
15 Legends of Madrid that will amaze you
1.Manuela Malasana
The young Manuela Malasana, heroine of Dos de Mayo , gave a name to a street and later, the whole Las Maravillas neighborhood, where she grew up, took the name of Malasana.There are several legends of Madrid around her person.It is known that she had between 15 and 17 years when the uprising and that it was a seamstress.Some versions say that she died by a shot when she helped her father carrying her ammunition for the weapon and others who went to her house when a group of French soldiers attacked her and she took her sewing scissors to defend herself.She was shot for carrying a weapon.
2.The demonized ones of San Placido
In Mysterious we dedicate an article to this Madrid legend.Scandal and lust: the demonized ones of San Placido.In 1625, 30 religious lived in this convent that still stands in Madrid.One of the nuns suffered an episode of convulsions and fainting and after he began to blaspheme and commit sacrilegious acts.The confessor ruled that he needed an exorcism, but far from fixing the problem, 25 more nuns began to suffer similar symptoms.They did not want the matter to be disclosed, they quickly sought a culprit and the head of the Turk was the confessor.Under torture he said he had sex with the nuns.All of them were distributed by other convents and the priest locked up in perpetuity.
3.The Gate of Hell in the Monastery of Escorial
This is one of the oldest legends of Madrid and brings us closer to the town of El Escorial.Legend has it that there is a door to hell in the Monastery of El Escorial.As they explained in the past, Lucifer opened one of the 7 doors in the world to access hell in El Escorial.King Felipe II planned to build the monastery in that area to cover the entrance.The day he went with a commission to see if they built it or not, a hurricane wind rose that convinced the monarch that the legend was true.According to the legend the Monastery of the Escorial covers one of the access doors to hell and if you pay attention when you visit it you can hear the noises that they come from the underworld.What do you think? Have you visited it?
4.The Flaming Dog of the Paular Monastery
In 1390 it was founded in the town of Rascafria, in the Community of Madrid , the Carthusian monastery of Santa Maria del Paular.The monks buried in their cemetery a beggar who had died at the door of the church.A few days later the bells that called for prayer began to ring at different times during the night.Prior thinking that he was a prankster, he tried to hunt him and to his surprise he saw a huge dog wrapped in flaming lights coming out of the beggar's grave.Believing that he had died in sin he was unearthed and thrown into a nearby pool.Now, at 10 pm, the howls of the dog are sometimes heard.If you want to read the full legend you can do it in this post: The legend of the flaming dog of the monastery of El Paular.
5.The murder of the street of the head
The legend of the street of the head n He tells you about a macabre murder.A clergyman He was beheaded by his Portuguese-born servant to rob him.After the crime the murderer fled.Some time later he returned to Madrid dressed as a gentleman and in the market he bought a ram's head to cook it.As he dripped blood, a guard asked him what it was that he wore under the cloak.The servant replied that the head of a ram, but when he went to teach it what came out was the head of his former master.Terrified, he confessed to the murder and a while later he was sentenced to hang.of the most popular legends of Madrid.
6.The exterminating Angel of the Almudena cemetery
The cemetery of the Almudena is the largest and best known in Madrid.In the chapel dome there is an angel with a trumpet popularly known as Faust.Legend has it that if you pass near the statue and You hear the sound of his instrument, your death is coming.It is also said that this angel will be in charge of waking the dead buried in Almudena on the day of the Last Judgment.This is one of the multiple legends of Madrid related to this cemetery.
7.The House of Seven Fireplaces
This building, built before 1570, is now the headquarters of the Secretary of State for Culture.There are several legends related to him.The best known explains that in the reforms initiated in the nineteenth century were the remains of a young woman who had lived there, her name was Elena and she was a lover of Philip II Her husband died in Flanders and she soon after.It is not known if she died of grief, killed herself or was killed.The body disappeared and it was speculated that she was pregnant with the king.Her ghost has since been seen walking along the rooftops of the house and crying while looking towards El Escorial, where Felipe II lived.
8.A ghost in the Palacio de Linares
Located between the promenade of Recoletos and Alcala Street, the Palacio de Linares has an interesting legend and several ghosts.The ghosts are from the first marquises of Linares, Jose and Raimunda that t After getting married they discovered that they were half brothers.They asked for a dispensation from the pope who told them that they could continue to live together, but in chastity.However, they had a daughter who apparently died so that it would not be known that they had maintained relationships.ghosts are from the couple and their daughter, who looks for them in the palace singing children's songs.
9.The eight murders of the house on Antonio Grilo Street
The building located at number 3 Antonio Grilo Street is known as haunted and its history is part of the most recent legends of Madrid .Between 1945 and 1964, eight people died murdered in it.In 45 they murdered a shirtmaker, in 62 a tailor ended the life of his five children and his wife and in 64 a young woman ended the life of his newborn baby.Misfortunes have not only occurred inside, but throughout the twentieth century there are numerous events that have occurred at your doorstep or in the vicinity.Violent robberies, motorcycle accidents, suicides..., all these events have woven around the building an urban legend that speaks of a curse that weighs on the house.been visited by various mediums who say "feel energies" in it.What do you think?
10.The slope of the blind
This legend tells that in the thirteenth century, Francisco de Asis passed through Madrid on his way to Santiago and found several blind men asking for alms on the road that climbed a small hill between the current Segovia street and the garden of Las Vistillas.The saint put oil in his eyes and the two men regained their sight, the next day they gathered more blind in the place so that the saint's oil acted in his eyes.The legend also explains that two rogues wanted to profit from the oil miraculous and they bet on the slope.The saint gave them the miraculous oil, but before selling it they spread it over their own eyes and the result was that they lost their sight.Desolate, they apologized to the saint who told them that they would recover their sight when they got an honest job, and apparently it was.
11.San Gines and the headless guard
Near the Puerta del Sol we can still see the Church of San Gines.Apparently in the fourteenth century a man was praying in inside the church when he was assaulted by thieves who, not happy to steal, cut off his head.Since then, the legend tells that there is a beheaded man who carries his head in his hands and wanders around the church like a fierce guardian, showing those who are going to commit some wrongdoing in the enclosure.
12.Ghosts in the subway: Tirso de Molina station
Son varia s the legends of Madrid related to the suburban.The Tirso de Molina station is one of the subway stations in Madrid that accumulates more horror stories.Those that relate to it speak of apparitions of hooded wraiths that go up and down the wagons It all began with the demolition in the nineteenth century of the convent of La Merced that was on the place where the station is now.During the construction works in 1921, the remains of the monks who had been buried in the monastery were found.bodies were not removed, but are under the platforms and behind the walls of the station.It is also said that during the night they hear the pleas of the monks who lament begging to be removed from the station.
13.The house on Ayala Street, 124
Here you have the number 13 of these legends of Madrid .On 124 of Ayala Street, which Before it was called Calle de los Pajaritos, there is a 4-floor building that was about years a well-known prostitute.Years later it was transformed into houses and the tenants of the 80s abandoned it quickly due to inexplicable noises that were heard throughout the property.As they found no explanation, a legend about the place was quickly woven.a bishop of Madrid died while he was having relations with a prostitute and since then wanders the building next to the ghosts of two women who are said to have died within their walls.
14.Ghosts in Reina Sofia
Surely if you have been in Madrid you have approached the Reina Sofia Museum.A terrifying legend of apparitions and ghosts looms over the main building that houses the museum and joins to these legends of Madrid .Apparently it was for centuries a hospital for people without resources and later for tuberculosis.Very many people died between its walls until it closed its doors as a hospital in 1965.
When it was remodeled in 1982 by the Ministry of Culture, many human remains appeared and in 1990 the mummies of three nuns were found in the hospital chapel.Center workers have reported on numerous occasions that voices are heard and strange odors or presences are perceived that are especially strolled through the basement.One of the legends says that one of the ghosts is that of Pablo Picasso in disagreement with the current situation of his work "Guernica".
15.The field of the dead of Pedriza
In the southern part of the Sierra de Guadarrama in the community of Madrid is "La Pedriza" and in it there is a place known as the field of the dead.Legend has it that a young girl from Madrid was kidnapped by three bandits who wanted to ask for a rescue.The gang leader was absent and the other two decided to take advantage of the young woman.The leader returned unexpectedly and faced his companions.not one for the field of the dead and when he struggled with the second, they both broke off.The girl was free and said that the bodies of the kidnappers were at the foot of the field until they disappeared.
Do you know these Madri legends d? If you know any more, do not hesitate to let us know and so we can expand this list.If you want to know some stories from other places in the world, we invite you to read:
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