During the 16th and 17th centuries Madrid experienced a period of splendour. The glitter of the Court attracted nobles and clerics alike, as well as noblemen, louts and ruffians. People of letters found in the city the best setting for their works and Madrid became the great literary protagonist of the Golden Age.
Includes Texeira's magnificent map with a selection of more than one hundred locations described by Cervantes, Góngora, Lope, Quevedo and other writers. The best portrait of a bustling and lively Madrid in which comedy, drama, romance and bad life coexist. It is complemented by a selection ofAvisos del Madrid de los Austrias (Notices of Hapsburg Madrid), which give an account of events, crimes, scandals and gruesome details of the underworld.
It also contains access to an interactive map with images and texts from the main pens of the Golden Age to explore the city with a carefully designed digital tool.