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On the sign:
[Coat of arms of Madrid] GLORLA DE ESPAÑA Y DE TODA LA REPUBLICA DE LAS LETRAS MARCELINO MENENDEZ Y PELAYO RESIDIO EN ESTA CASA DE LA REAL ACADEMIA DE LA HISTORIA DESDE EL AÑO 1894 HASTA 1912 SIENDO PRIMERAMENTE BIBLIOTECARIO Y DIRECTOR DESPUES DE LA MISMA
A SU ETERNA MEMORIA ESTA LAPIDA HA DEDICADO EL EXCMO AYUNTAMIENTO DE MADRID EN JO DE MARZO DE 1921
Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo (1856-1912) lived and worked in this house that houses the Royal Academy of History. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature five times, starting as a librarian and researcher at the Royal Academy of History and later becoming the institution’s director.
Translation of the text on the sign: Glory of Spain and the entire Republic of Literature Marcelino Menendez y Pelayo lived in this house of the Royal Academy of History from 1894 to 1912, serving initially as librarian and later as director of the same.
This tablet was dedicated to his eternal memory by the Honorable City Council of Madrid on March 1, 1921.
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