This article investigates the genesis and evolution of the Plaza de Santa Ana in Madrid, emphasizing its interconnection with the neighboring theater, the Teatro Español. The origins of the latter can be traced back to the establishment of the Corral de Comedias del Príncipe in 1583. The work integrates methodologies such as archival documentary research with others conventional to the discipline of Architectural Drawing. For this purpose, the period under discussion is defined beginning in 1808, before the demolition of the Carmelite convent of Santa Ana, and ending in 1943, when the first integral redesign of the garden was carried out. This article concludes that the theater’s presence had a detectable influence on the plaza’s formation and transformation. Likewise, the article graphically determines the evolution of the square from 1808 to 1943 and the transformation of the theater’s façade from 1869, when the definitive opening of the plaza took place.
Colunga et al. (Wed,) studied this question.