Huerta de San Vicente
.jpg) Casa-Museo Federico García Lorca | |
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Former name | Huerta de los Mudos |
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| Established | 10 May 1995 |
| Location | Granada, Andalusia, Spain |
| Coordinates | 37°10′14″N 3°36′34″W / 37.17065°N 3.60931°W |
| Type | Art museum |
The Casa-Museo Federico García Lorca, better known as Huerta de San Vicente, was the García Lorca family's summer home, from 1926 to 1936.[1]
The house and orchards are now at the heart of Granada's Park Federico García Lorca, which was inaugurated in 1995.[2]
History
[edit]The estate was built during the second half of the 19th century, and used to be called "Huerta de los Mudos".[3] Federico García Rodríguez, father of Federico García Lorca, bought the house on 27 May 1925. He changed the name to "Huerta de Vicente" as a tribute to his wife, Vicenta Lorca Romero. The house remains largely unchanged from the time of the Lorca family's residence.[1]
Federico García Lorca wrote some of his most famous works, such as Blood wedding (1932) and Yerma (1934), at the house.[4][5] He was at the Huerta de San Vicente the days prior to his assassination, before deciding to take refuge at his friend Luis Rosales's home, where he was arrested.[6][7] After Lorca’s murder, the García Lorca family left Spain for the United States in 1941. They retained ownership of the Huerta estate which was maintained by a cousin and by members of staff in their nearly 40-year absence.[1]
Museum
[edit]By the 1970s, the urban development of Granada onto the Vega threatened the existence of the house, and its demolition was proposed. The plans were thwarted by Lorca’s younger brother and a grouping of intellectuals and artists who argued for the cultural importance of the property. After the end of the dictatorship of Francisco Franco, Lorca’s significance as a writer was again widely appreciated.[1] On 6 April 1985, Isabel García Lorca sold the estate to the city of Granada in order to establish a museum dedicated to the poet.[8] The art centre was inaugurated on 10 May 1995.[9]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Huerta de San Vicente". Ayuntamiento de Granada. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
- ^ "Federico García Lorca Park". Ayuntamiento de Granada. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
- ^ Gibson 1992, p. 86.
- ^ Gibson 1992, p. 88.
- ^ Stainton, Leslie (4 May 1986). "The Granada of Federico Garcia Lorca". New York Times. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
- ^ Gibson 1992, pp. 91–93.
- ^ Gibson 1990, p. 452.
- ^ Gibson 1992, p. 85.
- ^ "Base de datos Patrimonio Inmueble de Andalucía". www.iaph.es (in Spanish).
Sources
[edit]- Gibson, Ian (1990). Federico García Lorca. London, UK: Faber & Faber. ISBN 978-0-571-14224-8.
- — (1992). Lorca's Granada: A practical guide. London, UK: Faber & Faber. ISBN 978-0-571-16175-1.
External links
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