Spanish Civil War 1936–1939
Huerta de San Vicente (García Lorca house-museum), Granada
Museum
The story
The García Lorca family's summer home from 1926 to 1936, where the poet wrote much of Blood Wedding and Yerma. Lorca came here from Madrid in July 1936, days before the rising. When the military seized Granada, the house was searched; his brother-in-law Manuel Fernández-Montesinos, the Socialist mayor, was arrested and shot in August. Lorca took refuge in the house of the Rosales family, Falangists and friends, but was arrested there on 16 August and killed days later near Alfacar. The family sold the house to the city in 1985 and it opened as a museum in 1995. It is the best place to understand Lorca the writer before visiting the sites of his death.
What you can see today
The whitewashed farmhouse, largely unchanged, with family furniture, Lorca's desk and piano, drawings and documents, in the Parque García Lorca.
Plan your visit
Guided visits only, in small groups; closed Mondays. Book ahead in summer; small fee (free day weekly). Official site: huertadesanvicente.com.
- Open
- Tue–Sun; Jun 1–Sep 15 09:00–14:30/15:00; Sep 16–May 31 10:00–16:30/17:00; closed Mondays
- Booking
- Guided visits only, every 45 min, groups of 8, c. 30 min; confirm by phone (958 849 112)
Checked September 2026 from official sources: granada.org, juntadeandalucia.es, andalucia.org. Things change, so check before you travel.
Sources
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huerta_de_San_Vicente
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huerta_de_San_Vicente
- huertadesanvicente.com/
Nearby sites
- Parque Federico García Lorca, Alfacar (Fuente Grande) · 10 km
- Barranco de Víznar (mass graves, Place of Memory) · 10 km
- Puente Viejo de Maro (Desbandá crossing), Nerja · 50 km
- Fuerte de Carchuna and the Motril front, Granada coast · 55 km
- Parque de la Memoria 'Málaga 1937', Torre del Mar · 65 km
- Paseo de los Canadienses / Peñón del Cuervo — 'La Desbandá' memorial, Málaga · 82 km
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