1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:13,699 The neighborhood of La Latina. La Latina neighborhood takes the name after the humanist Beatriz Alindo, whose nickname was La Latina because he was a princess of an underground Muslim teacher. 2 00:00:13,699 --> 00:00:28,519 El Rastro is a free market that takes in place names every day, Sunday and holidays. There are loads of market stalls and you can find curious gadgets and take in this place. 3 00:00:28,519 --> 00:00:33,520 La Latina is located in the downtown area between the old historical neighborhoods. 4 00:00:33,520 --> 00:00:40,520 Fallación Lavapiés. Within La Latina we find a portrait later. It was built in 1813. 5 00:00:40,520 --> 00:00:47,520 La Latina is famous for being the favorite place for locals to have a drink on the weekends. 6 00:00:47,520 --> 00:00:50,520 Place of Interest 7 00:00:50,520 --> 00:00:55,520 The theater of La Latina, a building that is now known as Theater La Latina, 8 00:00:55,520 --> 00:01:03,439 first a cinematograph inaugurated in 1906, but then it was inaugurated as a theater in 1919, 9 00:01:03,439 --> 00:01:11,439 presenting its first work on October 1 of that same year. It worked again as a cinematograph 10 00:01:11,439 --> 00:01:16,480 when the civil war is at full swing, sometimes for propagandist purposes. 11 00:01:16,480 --> 00:01:25,260 until 1945. It was reformed again as a theater, remaining that way to this day and becoming 12 00:01:25,260 --> 00:01:33,640 one of the main promoters of culture in Spain. The Barley Square, which was the place separated 13 00:01:33,640 --> 00:01:41,400 the barley for the royal horses. The Barley Square was also used to represent comedies 14 00:01:41,400 --> 00:01:44,239 during the 20th century. 15 00:01:44,239 --> 00:01:50,700 The name is because the salt strap were of the cars, where people parked the car when 16 00:01:50,700 --> 00:01:52,900 they were traveling salt. 17 00:01:52,900 --> 00:01:57,920 It is the central point of the Latina neighborhood, mainly because it is the meeting point in 18 00:01:57,920 --> 00:01:58,920 the area. 19 00:01:58,920 --> 00:02:01,439 A church, a museum, and a palace. 20 00:02:01,439 --> 00:02:06,840 At the northern end stand the church of San Andres, next to it is the San Isidro museum 21 00:02:06,840 --> 00:02:13,080 and the south way side to have the palace house of San Duque of Infantado. 22 00:02:13,080 --> 00:02:18,520 San Isidro Museum, opened on May 15, 2000. 23 00:02:18,520 --> 00:02:24,080 The building was built during the 5th of half the 16th century. 24 00:02:24,080 --> 00:02:29,599 San Isidro lived and died here, designed for whom the museum is named, as said were the 25 00:02:29,599 --> 00:02:35,439 chapel from the 17th and 18th century, the Pozo del Milagro and the Renaissance patio 26 00:02:35,439 --> 00:02:37,680 from the 16th century are located. 27 00:02:38,659 --> 00:02:42,400 The exhibition consists of the origins of Madrid. 28 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:45,780 It is dedicated to Madrid archaeology and history, 29 00:02:45,780 --> 00:02:50,419 from prehistory to the transfer of the court in 1561.