Plaza del Rey

Flanked by Calle Barquillo and Calle Infantas, this popular square hosts various events each year during the LGTBIQ+ Pride celebrations, under the name of Queens Square, as well as being one of the most bustling areas in Chueca.

The square is home to one of the city’s most enigmatic buildings, House of the Seven Chimneys, the oldest residential building in Madrid dating back to the 16th and 17th centuries, and which houses the spirit of a woman who lived there, according to legend. The Spanish Ministry of Culture has some of its offices there.

The headquarters of the Secretariat of State for Culture is on the north side of the square, in a building constructed in the last third of the 20th century, whose concrete façade with a rhythmic structure provides a great contrast to the rest of the square.

The square was also home to the Teatro Circo Price between 1880 and 1970, until it moved to the Ronda de Atocha, which is commemorated on a plaque on one of the buildings.

The monument to the infantry lieutenant Jacinto Ruiz, one of the heroes of May 1808, by Mariano Benlliure, or the sculpture by Eduardo Chillida, Meeting Place II, made in 1971, are other artistic elements that can be enjoyed in this beautiful corner of Madrid