Hospital de los Marqueses

The Hospital of San José and San Raimundo in Linares is also known as the Hospital de los Marqueses of this locality, and it is the place where the bullfighter “Manolete” died (1947).

Architecturally, the Hospital de los Marqueses is an elegant, simple, and unusual neo-Gothic construction founded by José de Murga y Reolid and Raimunda de Osorio y Ortega, the first Marqueses of Linares and the first Viscounts of Llanteno.

It was built between 1904 and 1917. Originally conceived as a hospital, asylum, and Foundling Home for the poor.

It is structured in an “H” shaped floor plan with three levels. Its exterior is notable for its mixed construction of white stone and red brick, and with a gabled tile roof. Its main façade is a section divided into three vertical spans by pilasters, which are topped by pinnacles and with three horizontal spans divided by cornices. It features simple pointed arches and is topped with a spire.

Inside, there is a crypt beneath the chapel. It contains a marble and bronze mausoleum made by sculptor Lorenzo Coullaut Valera. In this crypt, the Marqueses of Linares have been buried since 1918, the year they were moved from the San Justo Sacramental Cemetery in Madrid.

After a period of neglect, this hospital was restored and now houses a health centre and a nursing home.