Literature

Federico García Lorca

1898–1936Known worldwide

Federico García Lorca

Addresses you can still visit

Every place in this city with a documented tie to this person.

  • Lived here

    Casa Huerta de San Vicente

    The summer home of the García Lorca family, now a museum dedicated to Federico García Lorca.

  • Created here

    El Rinconcillo at the Former Café Alameda

    He helped make El Rinconcillo an incubator for Granada’s literary and artistic avant-garde.

  • Lived here

    Federico García Lorca Birthplace Museum

    He was born here in 1898 and lived in the house during his first years.

  • Created here

    Federico García Lorca Center

    The center preserves thousands of documents and objects he created or owned, including major literary manuscripts.

  • Lived here

    Federico García Lorca House Museum in Valderrubio

    He lived here as a child and returned during later stays in the Vega.

  • Commemorated here

    Federico García Lorca Park in Alfacar

    The park’s monument commemorates his murder and the unresolved search for his remains.

  • Lived here

    Federico in Granada Cultural House

    He spent formative childhood and adolescent years at this address between 1909 and 1916.

  • Created here

    House of Bernarda Alba

    His observations of the household became the basis for The House of Bernarda Alba.

  • Created here

    Mariana Pineda Square

    He transformed Granada’s popular memory of Pineda into the play Mariana Pineda.

  • Studied here

    Palace of Caicedo

    He completed most of his secondary education in the institute then housed inside this palace.

  • Lived here

    Rosales Family House at Hotel Reina Cristina

    He hid in the Rosales residence for seven days immediately before his arrest.

  • Created here

    Site of the Former Teatro Cervantes

    His drama Mariana Pineda received its Granada premiere at the Teatro Cervantes in 1929.

  • Studied here

    University of Granada

    One of the largest and most prestigious universities in Spain, founded in 1531.

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Café de Chinitas — He helped immortalize the venue by arranging and recording the traditional song associated with Café de Chinitas.

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