Symbol of Madrid de los Austrias, an elegant and secluded square with old and historic buildings. The beautiful 17th-century Casa de la Villa, by the architect Juan Gómez de Mora, has barely undergone any changes, except for the balcony on Calle Mayor, built in the 18th century by Villanueva so that the queen could witness the Corpus Christi procession. It still retains its four towers and two gates, from when it housed the town hall and the Villa Jail. Next door, the Casa de Cisneros, from the 16th century, ordered to be built by a nephew of Cardinal Cisneros, in 1537 and in Plateresque style, joined by a passageway to the Casa de la Villa and the Torre de los Lujanes, in Mudejar style, one one of the oldest civil buildings in Madrid from the 15th century, a prison for King Francis I of France when he was captured in the Battle of Pavia by Charles I in 1520. In the center of the square and the work of Benlliure, the statue of D. Álvaro de Bazán, Marquis of Santa Cruz, Admiral of the Spanish Imperial Navy with Felipe II.
Photo of the Plaza de la Villa where you can see the statue of D. Álvaro de Bazán surrounded by a small garden. The square is surrounded by old buildings.