Madrid, Real y Cortesano (MARCO)

The research project Madrid Real y Cortesano (PHS-2024/PH-HUM-290) is funded by the Community of Madrid and is a joint initiative that involves several different institutions, including the Instituto Moll.
This project aims to promote and spread the heritage of the Community of Madrid and its surrounding area.

From the 16th to the 20th century, Madrid was not a capital but a royal court. This particularity made the city and its surrounding royal sites a unique place. As a result, the Community of Madrid boasts natural areas and biological reserves of undeniable value, as well as a wealth of palaces, artistic collections and villages whose structure and character would be incomprehensible without their royal and courtly roots.
MARCO explores the symbiosis between the history of Madrid and royalty, which gave it its strength and identity, from the moment Philip II moved the court to the Castilian town in 1561 until its disappearance following the proclamation of the Republic in 1931. An identity that spread across the entire province thanks to the royal sites, which stretch from Aranjuez to the Sierra de Guadarrama.
The court and royal sites made Madrid a city like no other, while linking it to a European network of centres of power that disseminated the latest technological and scientific innovations throughout society, thereby contributing to economic development. This network also played a fundamental role in the creation of a common European culture of manners, artistic expression, fashion and more.
 

Partners:

Madrid Real y Cortesano is a research project coordinated by the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM), in collaboration with the Rey Juan Carlos University (URJC).
The Instituto Moll participates in the project as one of the associated groups.
 

Activities:

Photographic campaign of Flemish art preserved in various collections in the Community of Madrid, regarding with the digital tool: Flemish Art in Spain.