Even if you do not live in Madrid, or have not yet enjoyed a tourist trip to MadridYou may have heard of ghosts of the Linares palace.
Indeed, if there is a place in Madrid where the most combined legends and ghost storiesyes, that's him linares palace, historic building that you can visit in the Plaza de Cibeles.
As a curiosity, before making the visit it will be interesting for you to know the legends that surround the linares palace, a true artistic gem that is well worth knowing, and that over time has earned the name of enchanted palace of Linares.
What is the Legend of the Marquises of Linares like?
The so-called legend of the Marquises of Linares It dates back to the mid-19th century.
By then José de Murga y Reolid, Marquis of Linares, he told his father, Mateo Murga Michelena, who wanted to marry Raimunda de Osorio y Ortega, a young woman of humble condition.
But even though his father had always recommended that he marry for love, he found his total opposition, to the point that he sent him to England.
However, the death of his father surprised him during the trip.
The legend tells that José de Murga, reviewing his late father's documents, found a letter addressed to him in which he explained his opposition: Raimunda, already his wife, was actually his stepsister as a result of a relationship with a cigarette maker.
Consequently, José de Murga decided to go to Pope Leo XIII, who granted him a papal bull which authorized spouses to live together, but in chastity.
Subsequently, José de Murga was appointed Marquis of Linares by King Amadeus I of Savoy in 1873, and at that time he commissioned the construction of the artistic work of the Linares Palace.
But according to the Madrid writer Clara Tahoces in his book Magic Madrid Guide, it's just a legend.
Among other details, Raimunda She was not the daughter of a cigarette maker and papal bull never existed.
The truth of the story is that the marquises of Linares They did not have children, and 15 years later they decided to have a girl named Raimunda Avecilla.
Is the Legend of the ghosts of the Linares palace true?
And is it true that There are ghosts in the Linares Palace in Madrid?
This legend dates back to some supposed psychophonies that were made in May 1990, in which various disturbing phrases were heard.
After the great expectation that these psychophonies, later various research They influenced the falsehood of the psychophonies, as well as other pruebas of the existence of ghosts.
It seems that the psychophonies were part of an operation to promote a new book, and an alleged image on a wall of the Linares Palace Chapel, in reality they were moisture stains with a curious shape.
Of course, during the guided tour of the Linares Palace, In the Plaza de Cibeles, Visitors may ask questions about the palace's ghosts, as happened during my recent visit.
I tell you that the Official guide will be forceful when it comes to denying the existence of the supposed ghosts.
I read that book and it shows that every legend is based on reality. is very good.
There is a very good book on this topic, by the historian Carmen Maceiras, “El secreto de Raimunda”, which shows that the origin of the Marchioness of Linares does not differ much from what the legend says.