The Royal Hospice of San Fernando (
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: ''Real Hospicio de San Fernando'') is a former hospice located in
Madrid
Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and ...
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The building now houses the
Museo de Historia de Madrid
The Museum of History of Madrid ( es, Museo de Historia de Madrid)) is a history museum located on Calle de Fuencarral in downtown Madrid, Spain that chronicles the history of the city. It was opened as the ''Museo Municipal'' ("Municipal Museum") ...
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It was declared ''
Bien de Interés Cultural
A Bien de Interés Cultural is a category of the heritage register in Spain. The term is also used in Venezuela and other Spanish-speaking countries.
The term literally means a "good of cultural interest" ("goods" in the economic sense) and inclu ...
'' in 1919.
Among the boys from poor families living there in the 19th Century was
Pablo Iglesias, who would later become a founder of Socialism in Spain, and Iglesias' younger brother who would die young of tuberculosis.
References
Buildings and structures in Justicia neighborhood, Madrid
Bien de Interés Cultural landmarks in Madrid
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