Plaza de Ramales (Madrid de los Austrias)

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Lately Plaza de Ramales has became quite famous. Diego de Velázquez y Silva, painter of king Felipe IV, was buried in the church of San Juan Bautista. The church was placed in this square and the recent construction of a public parking lot underneath it allowed to discover its ruins.

However the mortal remains of the painter and his wife weren´t discovered during the construction.

The location is very close to plaza de Oriente and the Royal Palace.

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