El Madrid de Los Austrias - Plaza de La Villa

Plaza De La Villa

Several important buildings are also located in the Plaza de la Villa, one of the oldest plazas in Madrid. The oldest building is the Torre de los Lujanes, built in the Gothic style in the 15th century. Strictly speaking the Torre does not belong to the Habsburg period, though it is situated in the Madrid de los Austrias. Another building, the Casa de Cisneros, was built in 1537. Alongside it is the Ayuntamiento, the old town hall. It was built by the architect Juan Goméz de Mora, designer of the Plaza Mayor, and it is architecturally similar with a relatively austere red-orange facade and mansard roof, and steep-roofed corner towers.

Other important buildings include:

• Iglesia de San Andrés (St. Andrew's Church)
• The Plaza de las Descalzas with the cloister monastery of the Descalzas Reales
• The Casa de la Siete Chimeneas (literally "House of the Seven Chimneys") on the Plaza del Rey
• The Puente de Segovia (Bridge to Segovia)
• The Palace of Uceda