Cebada square is a traditional and popular urban space in the Latina district of Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain, where the renovated Cebada market is located, next to Calle de Toledo.
History
The etymology of the name of the square is due to the nearby street of the same name where the barley was separated by sifting the grain destined for fodder for the king’s horses and from which the cavalry regiments were supplied. The grain was brought to the square to sell by farmers from the surrounding areas of the province of Madrid.
One of the first institutions is the Hospital de la Latina, which was built on land that Beatriz Galindo exchanged for land owned by Isabel la Católica in the Puerta de Moros. According to Hilario Peñasco de la Puente and Carlos Cambronero, the square owes its name, as does the homonymous street of Cebada, to the fact that it is believed to have been the place where farmers from the outskirts of Madrid went to sell barley. The square was formed as such from the 16th century onwards and was used as a market for vegetables, cereals and pork products.
In 1875, the Café de La Latina was located at number 5 in the square, which was renamed Café de los Naranjeros, and which is cited in Misericordia, by Benito Pérez Galdós: “Benina, no longer able to expect anything from credit, began to beg on the corner of San Millán Street, next to the door of the Café de los Naranjeros, bothering passers-by with the story of her misfortunes.”
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