POPRADO
PEATONAL, TURÍSTICO Y CULTURAL
PI.ORIENTE

IGLESIA PARROQUIAL DE SAN JUAN.
Mencionada como "Sancto lohanne" en elApéndice del Fuero de Madrid, del siglo XII, su /consagración y probable reedificación serealizó en 1254. Su planta, poseía tres navesirregulares, ábside semicircular de trazarománica, torre coronada de campanarioy las pequeñas capillas de los Herrera,Lujan y Lodeña, y Arias Dávila, erigidas a lo largo de los siglos XV y XVI. En 1606, San Juanse convierte en Parroquia de Palacio, lo que /conllevó pequeñas reformas en su fachadaprincipal. A estas obras siguieron las de 1646,con la construcción de la pequeña capilla deNuestra Señora de la Vida, y las de 1670, con/renovación de sus bóvedas y erección de media naranja sobre la Capilla Mayor, según proyectode Sebastián Herrera Barnuevo. La Iglesia fuedemolida entre 1810 у 1811. En sus bóvedas fueron enterrados el pintor Diego de Silva yVelázquez y el Arquitecto Juan Bautista Sachetti.

[Historical map of the area]

[EMVS del Ayuntamiento de Madrid]

One of the signs placed in Madrid as part of the "Prado Museum-Palacio de Oriente Tourist and Cultural Pedestrian Axis", a collaboration between the City of Madrid and the Ministry of Public Works. The project won the 2003 Europa Nostra Prize for Urban Planning for Heritage Conservation.

The sign is located where the Church of San Juan used to be

The location of the sign was photographed that day Click for a larger image

The historical map of the area is shown here in an enlarged view Click for a larger image

Translation of the text on the sign:
PEDESTRIAN, TOURIST, AND CULTURAL STREET
PI.ORIENTE

PARISH CHURCH OF SAN JUAN.
Mentioned as "Sancto lohanne" in the 12th-century Appendix to the Charter of Madrid, its consecration and probable reconstruction took place in 1254. Its floor plan featured three irregular naves, a semicircular apse in Romanesque style, a bell tower, and the small chapels of the Herrera, Luján and Lodeña, and Arias Dávila families, erected throughout the 15th and 16th centuries. In 1606, San Juan became a Palace Parish, which entailed minor renovations to its main façade. These works were followed in 1646, with the construction of the small chapel of Nuestra Señora de la Vida, and in 1670, with the renovation of its vaults and the erection of a half-orange over the Main Chapel, according to a design by Sebastián Herrera Barnuevo. The church was demolished between 1810 and 1811. The painter Diego de Silva y Velázquez and the architect Juan Bautista Sachetti were buried in its vaults.

[Historical map of the area]

EMVS of the Madrid City Council. (Empresa Municipal de la Vivienda y Suelo de Madrid) - Municipal Housing and Land Company of Madrid