Madrid - Plaza de Santa Ana

The Plaza de Santa Ana in front of the Teatro Español takes its name from a Carmelite convent which stood opposite the Corral del Príncipe in the 17th C. The square was given its present aspect in 1810 by King Joseph I Bonaparte, who made it one of the finest squares in Madrid, pulling down the convent and seven other buildings, planting trees and setting a fountain in the center.

In 1868 there were further demolitions and a monument to the great 17th C. dramatist Calderón was erected on one side of the square.