House-Museum of Lope de Vega | |
Native Name: | Casa-Museo de Lope de Vega |
Native Language: | Spanish |
Coordinates: | 40.4143°N -3.6977°W |
Location: | Madrid, Spain |
Designation1: | Spain |
Designation1 Offname: | Casa-Museo de Lope de Vega |
Designation1 Type: | Non-movable |
Designation1 Criteria: | Monument |
Designation1 Date: | 1935 |
Designation1 Number: | RI-51-0001087 |
The House-Museum of Lope de Vega (Spanish: Casa-Museo de Lope de Vega) is a writer's house museum in the former home of the "golden age" writer Lope de Vega, located in Madrid, Spain.
The sixteenth-century house was bought by the writer in 1610.[1] In 1930 it was purchased by Real Academia Española, the institution responsible for the regulation of the Spanish language. Under the guidance of Agustín González de Amezúa y Mayo the Academy restored the house and opened it as a museum in 1935, the same year the building was declared a national monument. The building is currently protected as a Bien de Interés Cultural.The Academía owns three of Lope de Vega's manuscripts on display at the museum.