Calle del Carmen is an urban street in the Centro district of Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain. It begins at Puerta del Sol and ends at Plaza del Callao. It was once said to be the second street of Calle de Preciados (a parallel street).
It was customary to say that the blessed and those seeking churches entered this street. Currently it is one of the most commercial streets in the capital, with the famous Doña Manolita lottery office standing out among its shops, and it is customary on the eve of the Christmas draw to have long queues to buy a lottery ticket.
History
The existence of a church of Carmen Calzado is known, which gave the name to the street. The convent of Nuestra Señora del Carmen Calzado de San Dámaso (popularly known as the Convent of Carmen) was located there. This convent also had some caves in the style of those of San Felipe el Real that disappeared at the beginning of the 20th century to facilitate traffic on the street.
At the beginning of the street that intersects with Puerta del Sol was the door that gave rise to its name. The street became pedestrian in the nineties. The statue of the Bear and the Strawberry Tree was located at the entrance of this street, and in 2009 it was placed at the entrance to Calle de Alcalá. The name of the street gave rise to the name of the popular Fiestas del Carmen that would later spread throughout the peripheral neighborhoods of the city.
The painter José Victoriano González-Pérez was born in 1887 in the building at number 4 with a turn onto Calle de Tetuán.
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