Overview

• La Vanguardia curated reader-submitted photographs to map a self-guided walking route through Madrid’s memorials honoring Antonio Machado on his sesquicentennial.
• The trail begins at the bronze bust on Calle Antonio Machado, sculpted by Pablo Serrano and unveiled in 1985 during Enrique Tierno Galván’s mayoralty.
• Verses from Machado’s November 7, 1936 Civil War poem are engraved on the bust’s plinth to link his literary work with Spain’s wartime memory.
• The itinerary includes the Antonio Machado metro station and the commemorative plaque at his former residence on Calle del General Arrando.
• The route concludes at Librería Antonio Machado and a plaque on Calle del Pintor Rosales honoring Pilar de Valderrana, Machado’s muse “Guiomar.”