Real Hospicio de San Fernando

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Royal Hospice of San Fernando
Native name
Spanish: Real Hospicio de San Fernando
Museo de Historia de Madrid-8264-Antiguo Hospicio de San Fernando.jpg
LocationMadrid, Spain
Coordinates40°25′33″N 3°42′03″W / 40.42581°N 3.700837°W / 40.42581; -3.700837Coordinates: 40°25′33″N 3°42′03″W / 40.42581°N 3.700837°W / 40.42581; -3.700837
Official nameReal Hospicio de San Fernando
TypeNon-movable
CriteriaMonument
Designated1919
Reference no.RI-51-0000169
Real Hospicio de San Fernando is located in Spain
Real Hospicio de San Fernando
Location of Royal Hospice of San Fernando in Spain

The Royal Hospice of San Fernando (Spanish: Real Hospicio de San Fernando) is a former hospice located in Madrid, Spain.

The building now houses the Museo de Historia de Madrid. It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1919.[citation needed]

Among the boys from poor families living there in the 19th Century was Pablo Iglesias, who would later become a founder of Socialism in Spain, and Iglesias' younger brother who would die young of tuberculosis.

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