POPRADO
PEATONAL, TURÍSTICO Y CULTURAL
PI.ORIENTE

[Portrait of José de Espronceda]

José de Espronceda
(Almendralejo de los Barros, 1808 - Madrid, 1842)

Poeta del Romanticismo. Vivió de niño en la calle de Lobo, actual Echegaray y aquí asistió al colegio San Mateo, donde estudió con Alberto Lista. Atraído por la literatura y la actividad politica fundó junto a Patricio de la Escosura la sociedad secreta" Los Numantinos"
La represión política que siguió al triemo liberal motivó su encierro en un convento de Guadalajara, donde emprendió la redacción de Don Pelayo. Exiliado en Lisboa Londres y Paris de regreso a España, ciertos pronunciamientos de supusieron nuevas persepiclones. En su destierro en Cuéllar, compuso Sancho Saldaña o El Castellano de Cuéllar y El Estudiante de Salamanca. En 1840 con la Victoria liberal fue diputada en Cortes por Almeria

Obra poética: Don Pelayo: A Jarifa en una orgía; Canciones que incluye la Canción del Pirata, el Canto del cosaco, El mendigo, El reo de muerte y El Verdugo y dos poemas largos, El estudiante de Salamanca y El diablo mundo.

[Signature of José de Espronceda]

MINISTERIO DE FOMENTO
Comunidad 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 commemorates the poet José de Espronceda - (José Ignacio Javier Oriol Encarnación de Espronceda y Delgado (1808-1942) - considered to represent the early Romantic period in Spain. Espronceda was also a political activist who was imprisoned and exiled.

The place where the sign is placed was photographed on the same day Click for a larger image

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

POPRARADO
PEDESTRIAN, TOURIST, AND CULTURAL
PI.ORIENTE

[Portrait of José de Espronceda]

José de Espronceda
(Almendralejo de los Barros, 1808 - Madrid, 1842)

A poet of Romanticism. He lived as a child on Lobo Street, now Echegaray Street, and attended San Mateo School there, where he studied with Alberto Lista. Attracted to literature and political activity, he founded the secret society "Los Numantinos" with Patricio de la Escosura. The political repression that followed the liberal triennium led to his confinement in a convent in Guadalajara, where he began writing Don Pelayo. Exiled in Lisbon, London, and Paris, on his return to Spain, certain pronouncements led to new persecutions. During his exile in Cuéllar, he composed Sancho Saldaña or El Castellano de Cuéllar and El Estudiante de Salamanca. In 1840, with the Liberal victory, he was a member of the Cortes for Almeria.

Poetic Works: Don Pelayo: To Jarifa at an Orgy; Songs that include the Pirate’s Song, the Cossack’s Song, The Beggar, The Man Who Was Sent to Death, and The Executioner, and two long poems, The Student of Salamanca and The Devil’s World.

[Signature of José de Espronceda]

MINISTRY OF PUBLIC WORKS
Community of Madrid