{"id":90515,"date":"2022-09-19T20:27:04","date_gmt":"2022-09-19T14:57:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.imageantra.com\/the-ghost-tour-of-the-center-of-madrid\/"},"modified":"2022-09-19T20:27:04","modified_gmt":"2022-09-19T14:57:04","slug":"the-ghost-tour-of-the-center-of-madrid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imageantra.com\/the-ghost-tour-of-the-center-of-madrid\/","title":{"rendered":"the ghost tour of the center of Madrid"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>If tourism scares you, now you can do it without leaving the capital. <strong>Madrid Centro houses some legends of ghosts, murders and spirits<\/strong> that will give you goosebumps.  We&#8217;ve compiled the eight scariest that have happened in buildings you&#8217;ve most likely been in (and felt the dark presences of) before.<\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 1 --><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-asset article-asset-normal article-asset-center\">\n<div class=\"desvio-container\">\n<div class=\"desvio\">\n<div class=\"desvio-figure js-desvio-figure\">\n<p>     <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>The Woman on the Roof in the House of Seven Chimneys<\/h2>\n<div class=\"article-asset-image article-asset-normal article-asset-center\">\n<div class=\"asset-content\">\n<div class=\"base-wrapper-image\" style=\"padding-top:66.666666666667%;\">\n                 <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sf-lazy centro_sinmarco\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.blogs.es\/fc2928\/istock-1174729737\/450_1000.jpeg?w=788&#038;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i.blogs.es\/fc2928\/istock-1174729737\/650_1200.jpeg 681w,https:\/\/i.blogs.es\/fc2928\/istock-1174729737\/1024_2000.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/i.blogs.es\/fc2928\/istock-1174729737\/1366_2000.jpeg 1366w,\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.blogs.es\/fc2928\/istock-1174729737\/450_1000.jpeg?w=788&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"ghost tour of the center of Madrid\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><br \/>\n  <noscript><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ghost tour of the center of Madrid\" class=\"centro_sinmarco\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.blogs.es\/fc2928\/istock-1174729737\/450_1000.jpeg?w=788&#038;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Now it is the Ministry of Education and Culture, but not even this honor has made us forget the <strong>story of love and death that precedes the building<\/strong>.  Felipe II had it built for his mistress Elena, who eventually married Captain Zapata and committed suicide when he died.<\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 2 --> <\/p>\n<p>His body was never found, until the reforms of the mansion began in the 19th century and his skeleton was found.  The bones of a woman who, according to testimonies, still <strong>nowadays he wanders in his white robe among the chimneys<\/strong> from the roof.<\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 3 --><!-- PIVOT START --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pivot-ecommerce-container\">\n<div class=\"pivot-ecommerce\">\n<div class=\"pivot-ecommerce-figure\">\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Train from Barcelona to Madrid\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.blogs.es\/630ec0\/marcelo--tmu_ubtcpe-unsplash\/original.jpeg?w=788&#038;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"pivot-ecommerce-summary\">\n<p class=\"pivot-ecommerce-desc\">Train from Barcelona to Madrid<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- PIVOT END --><\/p>\n<h2>The girl Raimunda of the Palace of Linares<\/h2>\n<div class=\"article-asset-image article-asset-normal article-asset-center\">\n<div class=\"asset-content\">\n<div class=\"base-wrapper-image\" style=\"padding-top:66.666666666667%;\">\n                 <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sf-lazy centro_sinmarco\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.blogs.es\/092e8f\/istock-453090755\/450_1000.jpeg?w=788&#038;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i.blogs.es\/092e8f\/istock-453090755\/650_1200.jpeg 681w,https:\/\/i.blogs.es\/092e8f\/istock-453090755\/1024_2000.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/i.blogs.es\/092e8f\/istock-453090755\/1366_2000.jpeg 1366w,\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.blogs.es\/092e8f\/istock-453090755\/450_1000.jpeg?w=788&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"ghost tour of the center of Madrid\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><br \/>\n  <noscript><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ghost tour of the center of Madrid\" class=\"centro_sinmarco\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.blogs.es\/092e8f\/istock-453090755\/450_1000.jpeg?w=788&#038;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Linares Palace is perhaps one of the most famous Spanish castles in Madrid.  It is today known as Casa Am\u00e9rica, where the ghost of the girl Raimunda lives.  She was the daughter of an incest and murdered by her own parents for fear of scandal.  sightings of <strong>a small walking the corridors are counted by hundreds<\/strong> and many of the night watchmen claim to hear and see it.<\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 4 --><\/p>\n<h2>Portal 3 by Antonio Grilo, the most cursed building in Madrid<\/h2>\n<p>More than ghosts, what this building in the center of Madrid has is a curse that seems to be taken from the best horror movies.  In <strong>only 19 years has harbored eight murders and one suicide<\/strong>, including a man who killed his wife and five children before committing suicide.  Enough lurid sleaze to include it in all the <em>tours <\/em>Madrid horror.<\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 5 --><!-- PIVOT START --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pivot-ecommerce-container\">\n<div class=\"pivot-ecommerce\">\n<div class=\"pivot-ecommerce-figure\">\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Double room at NH Collection Madrid Paseo del Prado*****\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.blogs.es\/3991a9\/nh-collection\/original.jpeg?w=788&#038;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"pivot-ecommerce-summary\">\n<p class=\"pivot-ecommerce-desc\">Double room at NH Collection Madrid Paseo del Prado*****<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- PIVOT END --><\/p>\n<h2>The former patients and Picasso himself at the Reina Sof\u00eda Museum<\/h2>\n<div class=\"article-asset-image article-asset-normal article-asset-center\">\n<div class=\"asset-content\">\n<div class=\"base-wrapper-image\" style=\"padding-top:66.666666666667%;\">\n                 <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sf-lazy centro_sinmarco\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.blogs.es\/49fd6c\/istock-1216172169\/450_1000.jpeg?w=788&#038;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i.blogs.es\/49fd6c\/istock-1216172169\/650_1200.jpeg 681w,https:\/\/i.blogs.es\/49fd6c\/istock-1216172169\/1024_2000.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/i.blogs.es\/49fd6c\/istock-1216172169\/1366_2000.jpeg 1366w,\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.blogs.es\/49fd6c\/istock-1216172169\/450_1000.jpeg?w=788&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"ghost tour of the center of Madrid\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><br \/>\n  <noscript><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ghost tour of the center of Madrid\" class=\"centro_sinmarco\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.blogs.es\/49fd6c\/istock-1216172169\/450_1000.jpeg?w=788&#038;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Few places in Madrid give shelter to as many ghosts as the Reina Sof\u00eda Museum, but it is what it has <strong>having been a detention center for the insane and abandoned children<\/strong>.  The workers who worked on the construction of the museum and its workers have denounced the presence of three nuns, a priest, elevators that go up and down without calling them and even the ghost of Picasso.<\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 6 --><\/p>\n<h2>The monks of the Tirso de Molina station<\/h2>\n<p>The station was built on the Convento de la Merced.  When they buried the subway they found the skeletons of the monks buried there and as they did not know what to do with them <strong>they left them on the platform wall covered with tiles<\/strong>.  A change of sanctuary that they must not have liked, because there are many who say they hear his cries after midnight.<\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 7 --><!-- PIVOT START --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pivot-ecommerce-container\">\n<div class=\"pivot-ecommerce\">\n<div class=\"pivot-ecommerce-figure\">\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Double room at the Hotel Palacio del Retiro, Autograph Collection****\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.blogs.es\/84520e\/hotel-autograph\/original.jpeg?w=788&#038;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"pivot-ecommerce-summary\">\n<p class=\"pivot-ecommerce-desc\">Double room at the Hotel Palacio del Retiro, Autograph Collection****<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- PIVOT END --><\/p>\n<h2>The nun of the Bank of Spain<\/h2>\n<div class=\"article-asset-image article-asset-normal article-asset-center\">\n<div class=\"asset-content\">\n<div class=\"base-wrapper-image\" style=\"padding-top:66.746411483254%;\">\n                 <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sf-lazy centro_sinmarco\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.blogs.es\/5474c4\/istock-1249732585\/450_1000.jpeg?w=788&#038;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i.blogs.es\/5474c4\/istock-1249732585\/650_1200.jpeg 681w,https:\/\/i.blogs.es\/5474c4\/istock-1249732585\/1024_2000.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/i.blogs.es\/5474c4\/istock-1249732585\/1366_2000.jpeg 1366w,\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.blogs.es\/5474c4\/istock-1249732585\/450_1000.jpeg?w=788&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"ghost tour of the center of Madrid\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><br \/>\n  <noscript><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ghost tour of the center of Madrid\" class=\"centro_sinmarco\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.blogs.es\/5474c4\/istock-1249732585\/450_1000.jpeg?w=788&#038;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>It is also built on an old church and therefore has its own ghost.  In this case it is a <strong>nun with white habit<\/strong> and there are so many testimonies and encounters that EVP recordings were made to try to listen to it.<\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 8 --><\/p>\n<h2>The Goyito boy from the Telef\u00f3nica building<\/h2>\n<div class=\"article-asset-image article-asset-normal article-asset-center\">\n<div class=\"asset-content\">\n<div class=\"base-wrapper-image\" style=\"padding-top:66.480891719745%;\">\n                 <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sf-lazy centro_sinmarco\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.blogs.es\/787e02\/istock-941511016\/450_1000.jpeg?w=788&#038;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i.blogs.es\/787e02\/istock-941511016\/650_1200.jpeg 681w,https:\/\/i.blogs.es\/787e02\/istock-941511016\/1024_2000.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/i.blogs.es\/787e02\/istock-941511016\/1366_2000.jpeg 1366w,\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.blogs.es\/787e02\/istock-941511016\/450_1000.jpeg?w=788&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"ghost tour of the center of Madrid\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><br \/>\n  <noscript><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ghost tour of the center of Madrid\" class=\"centro_sinmarco\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.blogs.es\/787e02\/istock-941511016\/450_1000.jpeg?w=788&#038;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Surely you have stayed at the corner of Gran V\u00eda where the Telef\u00f3nica building is and you have stayed so wide.  What you may not have known is that at nightfall the guards claim to see <strong>a boy who opens and closes the doors of the highest floors<\/strong>.  Sometimes he goes alone and sometimes accompanied by Ana, the Bilbao telephone operator who jumped from the seventh floor in 1934.<\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 9 --><!-- PIVOT START --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pivot-ecommerce-container\">\n<div class=\"pivot-ecommerce\">\n<div class=\"pivot-ecommerce-figure\">\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Train from Seville to Madrid\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.blogs.es\/630ec0\/marcelo--tmu_ubtcpe-unsplash\/original.jpeg?w=788&#038;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- PIVOT END --><\/p>\n<h2>The devilish statue of the Retiro<\/h2>\n<div class=\"article-asset-image article-asset-normal article-asset-center\">\n<div class=\"asset-content\">\n<div class=\"base-wrapper-image\" style=\"padding-top:66.719872306464%;\">\n                 <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sf-lazy centro_sinmarco\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.blogs.es\/92cdec\/istock-1186470864\/450_1000.jpeg?w=788&#038;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i.blogs.es\/92cdec\/istock-1186470864\/650_1200.jpeg 681w,https:\/\/i.blogs.es\/92cdec\/istock-1186470864\/1024_2000.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/i.blogs.es\/92cdec\/istock-1186470864\/1366_2000.jpeg 1366w,\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.blogs.es\/92cdec\/istock-1186470864\/450_1000.jpeg?w=788&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"ghost tour of the center of Madrid\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><br \/>\n  <noscript><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ghost tour of the center of Madrid\" class=\"centro_sinmarco\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.blogs.es\/92cdec\/istock-1186470864\/450_1000.jpeg?w=788&#038;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The center of the Retiro Park houses a very famous statue, the Fallen Angel that Ricardo Bellver created in 1878 and placed in this Madrid space in 1885. They say that <strong>hides a door to hell<\/strong> for being exactly 666 meters above sea level.  Such is the fear that it produces that an exorcism was even performed on him.<\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 10 --><\/p>\n<p><em>Some of the links in this article are affiliates and can bring a benefit to Trendencias.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 11 --><\/p>\n<p>Photos |  iStock, @touristellingmadrid.<\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 12 --><\/p>\n<p>In Trendencias |  The 15 best fashion pastry shops that you should not miss in Madrid.<\/p>\n<p><!-- BREAK 13 --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If tourism scares you, now you can do it without leaving the capital. Madrid Centro houses some legends of ghosts, murders and spirits that will give you goosebumps. We&#8217;ve compiled the eight scariest that have happened in buildings you&#8217;ve most likely been in (and felt the dark presences of) before. 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