Wednesday, November 19, 2014

MAIN SQUARE IN MADRID, GÓMEZ DE MORA

This Square was made in Madrid in the 16th century and it was commissioned by Philip II.

This is a very big square in Madrid, with rectangular floor plan. It is surrounded by buildings. It has ten accesses. It is 129 metres long and 94 metres wide. In the center of the square there is a Statue of Philip III. The first name of the square was "Square of Arrabal", after receiving many names, finally the name of this square is Main Square.
The House of Bakery is the most important building and it was the first to start to built.

The Shield of Arms of Charles II is in the House of Bakery. It is formed by the arms of Castile and León, the arms of Aragón and Sicily, the arms of Austria and the Modern Burgundy, the arms of Old Burgundy and Brabant, the arms of Flandes and Tirol and in the center the symbol of Granada. Here are the legacy of the Middle Ages workshops.

The Baroque idea of adapting urban design to the requirements of human life is present here.The Main Square was used as a market place and to celebrate public events. Nowadays the Main Square is an important tourist spot. All the months of December a Christmas market is celebrated there.

INFORMATION SOURCE:
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plaza_Mayor,_Madrid
- http://objetivomalaga.diariosur.es/fotos-ToniMolero/madrid-panoramica-plaza-mayor-193771.html
- http://espanaeterna.blogspot.com.es/2011/01/la-curiosa-historia-de-la-estatua-de.html
- http://artetorreherberos.blogspot.com.es/2012/03/la-plaza-mayor-como-concepto.html



This is a video which explain the history of Main Square in Madrid:

             

3 comments:

Paqui Pérez Fons said...

You have to add the sources you've used if you want to pass: the sources of the content and the sources of the pictures as well.

Paqui Pérez Fons said...

Your project is very poor. You don't say anything about the Baroque features of this work and your grammar is also poor. Every sentence in English has to have a subject. These are my corrections:

This is a very big square in Madrid, with rectangular floor plan. It is surrounded by buildings. It has ten accesses. It is 129 metres long and 94 metres wide. In the center of the squarethere is a Statue of Philip III. The first name of the square was "Squareof the Arrabal", after receiving many names, finally the name of this square is Main Square.

The Shield of Arms of Charles II is in the House of Bakery. It is formed by of the arms of Castile and León, the arms of Aragón and Sicily, the arms of Austria and the Modern Burgundy, the arms of Old Burgundy and Brabant(e), the arms of Flanders and Tirol and in the center the symbol of Granada.

The Main Square was used as a market place and to celebrate(d) public events. Nowadays the Main Square is an important tourist spot. All the months of December a Christmas market is celebrated there

Your mark here is 4.

Paqui Pérez Fons said...

Corrections:

The House of Bakery is the most important building and it was the first to start to be built.


The Baroque idea of adapting urban design to the requirements of human life is present here.

You haven't corrected much here. Yor mark is 5.5.