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by Annie Bennett
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Kitchen utensils or artwork? Lots of lovely traditional enamel things to drool over at @realfabrica in the Barrio de las Letras #Madrid #enamel #enamelware #barriodelasletras #kitchenutensils #madridshopping

This old plumber’s on Cava Baja will presumably turn into a bar - which at least is in line with tradition as there have been inns and taverns here for centuries as stagecoaches from all over Spain used to arrive in the square at the end of the street, which follows the course of the 12th-century town wall - quite a bit of which survives to this day. #Madrid #madridcastizo #madriddelosaustrias #cavabajamadrid #madridmemola #madridmemata #igersmadrid #fontaneria

San Ginés was one of the 10 churches on Madrid’s first charter in the year 1202. It was rebuilt in the 17th century and has had to be restored several times following fires - one of these, in 1824, destroyed a lot of artistic treasures from the Habsburg period but there is still an El Greco in the Capilla del Cristo, as well as paintings by Alonso Cano and Luca Giordano - the church is now run by Opus Dei though and the chapel isn’t usually open. In the 19th century, in the reign of Isabel II, calle Arenal was very fashionable and the great and the good used to flock to mass in their finery. #Madrid #madriddelosaustrias #madridmemola #madridmemata #igersmadrid #madridcastizo

The San Ginés bookshop is one of the oldest in Spain - it’s been going in some shape or form since the mid-17th century - and specialises in second-hand and antique books. These days, you can buy postcards, guidebooks and prints of old Madrid too. #Madrid #madriddelosaustrias #madridcastizo #madridmemola #madridmemata #igersmadrid #bookshop #bookshopsofinstagram #librerias

The remodelling work is nearing completion at the Casa de la Carnicería on the Plaza Mayor to turn it into a hotel that is due to open in April - the first on Madrid’s historic square. There was talk that it was going to be a Parador for a while, which would have been a good fit, but in the end the Pestana group got it and it’s going to be the @pestanaplazamayormadrid The building dates back to the 17th century and some original features, such as the staircases, have survived. It’s going to have a pool on the roof apparently - god knows how they got planning permission for that! Whatever, it promises to be quite something and what a fabulous location. #Madrid #plazamayormadrid #madriddelosaustrias #madridcastizo #newhotel #designhotel #madridmemola #madridmemata #igersmadrid #hotelesmadrid #pestanahotels

This pretty shop @cocolmadrid in Plaza de la Paja took over an old upholsterer’s and now stocks gorgeous crockery, hats, espadrilles, bags, baskets and more made by artisan producers in Spain #madrid #madriddelosaustrias #lalatinamadrid #madridspain #madridmemata #madridmemola #igersmadrid #tiendasconencanto #madridshopping

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