Chapel of Obispo de Madrid

Chapel of Obispo de Madrid
Native name
Spanish: Capilla del Obispo de Madrid
Location Madrid, Spain
Coordinates 40°24′45″N 3°42′42″W / 40.412533°N 3.711631°W / 40.412533; -3.711631Coordinates: 40°24′45″N 3°42′42″W / 40.412533°N 3.711631°W / 40.412533; -3.711631
Official name: Capilla del Obispo de Madrid
Type Non-movable
Criteria Monument
Designated 1931[1]
Reference no. RI-51-0000719
Location of Chapel of Obispo de Madrid in Spain

The Chapel of Obispo de Madrid (Spanish: Capilla del Obispo de Madrid) is a chapel located in Madrid, Spain. It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1931.

San Isidro Labrador, patron saint of Madrid, was first buried at this site. When the saint’s body was discovered in the late 13th century, two centuries after his death, King Alfonso XI ordered the construction in San Andrés of an ark to hold his remains and a chapel in which to venerate his memory. In the 18th century, San Isidro's remains was relocated to the Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Buen Consejo. The chapel today was built in 1669.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Database of protected buildings (movable and non-movable) of the Ministry of Culture of Spain (Spanish). Read more: http://www.lonelyplanet.com/spain/madrid/sights/religious/capilla-del-obispo#ixzz3ptjWQbAc


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