Real Hospicio de San Fernando

Royal Hospice of San Fernando
Native name
Spanish: Real Hospicio de San Fernando
Location Madrid, Spain
Coordinates 40°25′33″N 3°42′03″W / 40.42581°N 3.700837°W / 40.42581; -3.700837Coordinates: 40°25′33″N 3°42′03″W / 40.42581°N 3.700837°W / 40.42581; -3.700837
Official name: Real Hospicio de San Fernando
Type Non-movable
Criteria Monument
Designated 1919[1]
Reference no. RI-51-0000169
Location of Royal Hospice of San Fernando in Spain

The Royal Hospice of San Fernando (Spanish: Real Hospicio de San Fernando) is a hospice located in Madrid, Spain. It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1919.[1]

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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