Iglesia del Santísimo Cristo de la Fe

This church, built between 1592 and 1620, is one of the oldest in Madrid. Located in Calle de Atocha, it is right by the headquarters of the Sociedad Cervantina, where Juan de la Cuesta printed the first edition of Don Quixote in 1605.

The building, which started out as a hospital, became home to the Colegio de los Desamparados in the early 17th Century, which took in orphaned children, and later became the Hospital de los Incurables de Nuestra Señora del Carmen.

Bombed during the war, the Iglesia del Santísimo Cristo de la Fe was subsequently restored, and then it became home to the Parroquia de San Salvador y San Nicolás, until it moved back to its original location, in the Plaza de Antón Martín. In 1981, the building was declared a Historic-Artistic Monument.

In 1974, the City of Madrid transferred management of the church over to the Hermandad de Cruzados de la Fe brotherhood, which has been responsible for its upkeep and maintenance since then.