TY - JOUR AU - Virgillito, Lisa PY - 2022/11/08 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Corrala Buildings and Corral Theaters in Madrid: Dramatic History and Typology JF - Journal of Traditional Building, Architecture and Urbanism JA - JTBAU VL - IS - 3 SE - Research papers DO - 10.51303/jtbau.vi3.611 UR - https://traditionalarchitecturejournal.com/index.php/home/article/view/611 SP - 375 - 383 AB - <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Corralas</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;"> are a type of residential building characteristic of Madrid whose origins go back to the sixteenth century. These buildings of dwellings arranged around a courtyard evolved out of many prior architectural models, such as Muslim houses or the Roman </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">domus</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">. This paper considers the relationship between </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">corralas</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and a kindred architectural type: </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">corral</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;"> theaters. The latter, regarded as the first public theaters in Spain, were in the Spanish Golden Age closely linked, both formally and programmatically, to </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">corralas</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Through an analysis of archive documents, we show how theatrical and domestic activities have coexisted in these two types of locale and how their cultural legacy subsists today.</span></p> ER -