The legendary singer Frasquito Yerbabuena or Yerbagüena was born in Granada on an unspecified day in 1883 and was found dead, apparently from a heart attack, in the middle of […]
Lorca´s routes
García Carrillo, José María
Federico García Lorca’s close friend since the family moved to Granada from Valderrubio in 1909, member of El Rinconcillo which met at the beginning of the century in the Café […]
Ventura Traveset, Paulino
An outstanding typographer from a family of printers and booksellers -whose origins date back to the first half of the 19th century- who represents, according to the historian Cristina Viñes, […]
Quesada-Cañaverala and Piédrola, Julio (Duke of San Pedro Galatino)
Businessman, politician and visionary entrepreneur who forged some of the great landmarks of tourism in Granada. Thanks to his collaboration with the engineer Juan José Santa Cruz, killed at the […]
Marquises of Caicedo
Family of the aristocracy of Granada that gives its name to the palace at 46 San Jerónimo Street, where the General and Technical College was located. It is now occupied […]
Llanos Medina, Emilia
Friend of Federico García Lorca and other artists and intellectuals of the early twentieth century in Granada. She was linked to El Rinconcillo. She was a woman with a fondness […]
González López, Agustina (La Zapatera) (The Shoemaker)
Agustina González, nicknamed La Zapatera (The Shoemaker), was a politician, writer and artist from Granada. She was a flamboyant character who was considered by some to be a crackpot for […]
Fernández Arcoya, José
Very popular priest of the Basilica of La Virgen de las Angustias. He was appointed parish priest on June 26, 1920. The García Lorca family resided in Granada, from 1909, […]
Consuegra Álvarez, Manuel
Latin teacher of the Sagrado Corazaón de Jesús School in San Jerónimo Street, now Castillejos Square in Granada. There, Federico García Lorca and his brother Francisco prepared all their high […]
Alemán Barragán, Joaquín
Teacher and director of the Sagrado Corazón de Jesús (Sacred Heart of Jesus) secular school , a private high school attended by Francisco and Federico García Lorca when they arrived […]
Afán de Ribera y González de Arévalo, Antonio Joaquín
Journalist, poet, short story writer and playwright. He studied law and literature in Granada, becoming a judge in this city. Director of the Liceo Artístico y Literario (Artistic and Literary […]