Real Hospicio de San Fernando
The Royal Hospice of San Fernando (Spanish: Real Hospicio de San Fernando) is a former hospice located in Madrid, Spain.
| Royal Hospice of San Fernando | |
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| Native name Spanish: Real Hospicio de San Fernando | |
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| Location | Madrid, Spain |
| Coordinates | 40.42581°N 3.700837°W |
| Official name: Real Hospicio de San Fernando | |
| Type | Non-movable |
| Criteria | Monument |
| Designated | 1919 |
| Reference no. | RI-51-0000169 |
  Location of Royal Hospice of San Fernando in Spain | |
The building now houses the Museo de Historia de Madrid. It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural 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.
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