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There are two types of buildings from the Middle Ages that we can still see in Madrid: civil and religious. Dealing with these types of buildings, answer the following questions:

1. What marks the differences between a civil and a religious building?
The diference are that the civil building is a place were the kings maybe live,in the civils building the presidents and important people do conferences,congress this buildings are for politics things. And the religious building are places in which the priest,monks etc... live or go to pray,celebrate mass.

2. Make a list of the most important civil buildings and another of the most important religious buildings in the city that you can still see today.
Civil buildings: Casa y Torre de los Lujanes, La Plaza Mayor, El Museo de San Isidro y el Palacio de los Consejos. -La Plaza Mayor. -Museo de San Isidro. -Palacio de los Consejos. -La casa y Torre de los Lujanes. -Alcazar Real. Important religious buildings:

-Parroquia de San Ginés. -Parroquia de San Andrés. -Iglesia San Pedro el Viejo. -Capilla del Obispo. -Monasterio de San Jerónimo el Real. -Parroquia de San Miguel.

3. What function did the civil buildings have? What were they used for?
The functions of the civil buildings were to be the residences of the nobility, kings, rich and powerfull people.

Plaza Mayor: It was used to made public acts such as bullfighting, but it was used as a place to put the market too. Museo de San Isidro: It was used as a place to live at first, but later they change it into a museum. Casa y torre de los Lujanes: It was the house of the family Los Lujanes. Palacio de los consejos: It was used as a residence from the people of the Court, it was used by the royal treasury too. Alcazar Real: It was built in the nine century, it was the residence of the king Charles I until Phillip V, later each king added new things.

4. What function did the religious buildings have? What were they used for?
-Parroquia de San Ginés: It was used to praying and giving mass. -Parroquia de San Andrés: It was used for prayin and for give mass. -Iglesia San Pedro el Viejo: It was used for prayin and for give mass. -Capilla del Obispo: It was built to keep the remains of the body of San Isidro and also today the remais are there. -Monasterio de San Jerónimo el Real: It was built as a resident for the monks -Parroquia de San Miguel: It was used for prayin and for give mass.

- Casa y Torre de los Lujanes: Álvaro Lujan ordered its construction, he was a rich merchant, part of the family of the Lujanes. Because he wanted to live in Madrid. -Museo de San Isidro: The Lujan Family ordered the construction of this building, because they wanted a house in the middle of the city, as that showed their wealthy, as only a few very rich families could lived in the centre. - La Plaza Mayor: Philip II ordered its construction because it was the place where all the trading roads finished, so it was a very crowded place. - Palacio de los Consejos: Christopher Gómez de Sandoval-Rojas, the Duke of Uceda, Philip III valido, ordered its construction, to use it as their residence. -Alcazar Real: Filippo Juvara was the arquitect, Juan Bautista modified his plans.

6. Who ordered and paid for the construction of the religious buildings? Why?
Iglesia de San Pedro el Viejo: It was build by Lorenzo Reinoso. Parroquia de San Ginés: It was ordered to built by José Luis Marín, this was build to the habitants of Calle Arenal have a place to pray. Monasterio de San Jeronimo el Real: Enrique IV was the person who founded it. The Royal Family used it as a place of retirement, relaxion and meditation. Basilica de San Miguel: They ordered it construction Luis Jaime of Bourbon and Farnesio and archbishop of Toledo. It was built for the Spanish martyrs. Capilla del Obispo: It was ordered to build by the King Alfonso VIII, to deposite the San Isidro Labrador remains. Capilla de San Isidrio: We didn't no very well who ordered to build it,but later José de Villareal became the boss of the project. They ordered to built and paid for its because they wanted to be more closed to God and for spread religion