The Ministry of Time
THE DOOR OF THE MINISTRY
With his winks to The seven hunchbacks's tower , the actual door of the Ministry is supposed to be in the number 2 of the Plaza del Duque de Alba in Madrid and corresponds to that of Palace of the Duchess of Sueca , an illustrious ruin that could not be a better setting to house a secret organization that has to go unnoticed by force. Waiting for the city council to restore it and put it into operation, its graffiti-painted door is the perfect setting for fan photos. A completist should visit the House of the Seven Chimneys (Plaza del Rey 1, Madrid), a possible royal inspiration for Carrère's novel and Edgar Neville's film that also makes an appearance in an episode of the series.
The House of the seven chimneys
The door of the 'Ministry of time'
THE GRAN VÍA BOOK HOUSE
In the number 29 , installed in the old building of Espasa Calpe, is the headquarters of La Casa del Libro where one of the scenes of the first episode is set. This is where the French soldiers get a history book to find out what happened in his present, and try to change it.
The Gran Vía Book House
**BENTEVEO BAR**
Julián's first kiss and his deceased love takes place in one of Antón Martín's most classic popular bars (Santa Isabel 15, Madrid). Here it is necessary to have a coffee with milk in a glass as a tribute to the protagonists.
RUIZ COFFEE
The secondary scene-stealer that is Velázquez has the honor of meeting Picasso inside the traditional Ruiz café _(11 Ruiz Street, Madrid) _.
Velázquez and Picasso at the Café de Ruiz
REINA SOFIA MUSEUM
For a plot that revolves around the journey of the Guernica to Madrid, nothing better than ending up like its protagonists, who after overcoming several eighties vicissitudes, contemplate the gigantic scream of horror of Picasso in the Museum that today houses it and they feel that everything has been worth it.
** TRAIN MUSEUM **
To recreate the meeting between Hitler and Franco at Hendaye station, nothing better than the rooms of this old museum in Madrid _(Paseo de las Delicias 61) _. For the indianajonesque point of Himmler searching for the Holy Grail at Montserrat , a visit to the same Catalan abbey is mandatory, although the scenes of the episode were shot in the Uclés Monastery in Cuenca. Something similar happens with the University of Barcelona, where Amelia is supposed to study _(Gran Via de Les Corts Catalanes 585, Barcelona) _, but located for the series in the Cardenal Cisneros Institute in Madrid. There is the staircase where Cayetana Guillén Cuervo recruits her to change her destiny.
A meeting between Hitler and Franco has to end like this
TALAMANCA DEL JARAMA
To recreate the Lisbon of the 16th century, the Madrid of the Golden Age or the Toledo of the Catholic Monarchs, the city of Talamanca has emerged as the perfect setting. Numerous scenes are located here not only from this series, but from others such as Red Eagle and numerous movies.
LOARRE CASTLE, HUESCA
The sordid prison of the year 1085 where the enemies of the Ministry are locked up is located in the Aragonese Castle of Loarre. The rigors of the Middle Ages are easily imaginable with a visit to its imposing rooms.
The Golden Age shot in Talamanca del Jarama
STUDENT RESIDENCE
That Lorca, Dalí and Buñuel were friends and lived together in their youth is one of those fascinating lucky coincidences that seems almost impossible. The last chapter of the first season was set here, in the building of one of the most relevant Spanish educational institutions of its time. The residence continues to function and can be visited _(Calle del Pinar 21-23, Madrid) _ for all the fetishists of lost opportunities in the history of Spain.
In the Student Residence emulating Lorca
THE WAY OF THE CID
Legend, myth or reality , the hero of singing is honored in his corresponding chapter of the Ministry. To do something similar in real life, nothing better than completing one of those long routes that must be taken as a project to be carried out throughout a lifetime. More than 2000 kilometers make up the Camino del Cid, a journey through the scenes of its existence and battles that goes from Burgos to Alicante through a very Spanish history that includes both moments of glory and infamy, exile and rape.
THE DAMNED BUILDING ON ANTONIO GRILO STREET
We met the unforgettable Pacino played by Hugo Silva through a cursed address on ** Antonio Grilo street in Madrid **. In the series he was number 10, but in real life he is 3 of this street, the old acquaintance of the black chronicle for having been the scene of several murders and violent deaths. A bit of psychogeography could not be missing from the Ministry's radar.
Fiction, reality and mystery
THE MONASTERY OF SANTA CLARA IN TORDESILLAS
An almost forgotten historical anecdote served as the reason for one of the funniest episodes in fiction. The Christmas that Napoleon spent in Tordesillas is mixed with nods to the comedy “Allo, allo” to turn the serious and regal convent of Santa Clara into the scene of a kind of romantic entanglement between nuns, prisoners and emperors.
HOUDINI IN NEW YORK
Trace the traces of the 1920s in the city , the time in which the episode about Argamasilla and Houdini , it may be difficult, but the task is partly solved with the existence of the small New York museum dedicated to the most famous magician of all time. Actually, the ideal would be to go to the Houdini Museum in Scranton, not far from New York and of course much easier to visit than having to take a boat there from Spain, as Alonso, Amelia and Pacino did.
The Álcázar brothers, as mythical as the city of Madrid itself, with a cameo in the series
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