Huerta de San Vicente - The House-Museum of Federico García Lorca

Huerta de San Vicente played a vital role in both the personal life and artistic production of Federico García Lorca, the greatest Spanish poet of the 20th century.

This was the summer residence of the García Lorca family from 1926 to 1936, the year Federico was shot and his family went into exile.

History of the Huerta de San Vicente

His father bought this house on the outskirts of Granada so the family could spend their summers in the Vega de Granada.

It cost 200 euros and had several hectares of land covered with abundant vegetation, trees, and orchards.

Today, the house has become part of the city, as Granada has expanded to absorb the orchards of the Vega.

These areas, marking the boundary between the city and the countryside, have served as summer residences for the wealthiest families since Moorish times.

Federico García Lorca loved returning here each summer to reconnect with his roots.

He wrote many of his finest works in this house: Yerma, Blood Wedding, and the Gypsy Ballads, for example.

Huerta de San Vicente House-Museum

Today it is a House Museum, where the personal belongings of the poet and his family are gathered, displayed, and arranged as they were in the past with the help of his younger sister Isabel García Lorca.

She was the one who sold it to the Granada City Council in 1985, along with the surrounding land where the park that bears his name was created. In 1995 it opened to the public as a House Museum for the first time.

The structure and furnishings of the house remain as they were when the poet lived there, including his furniture, drawings, photographs, and paintings.

Here you will see the desk, the gramophone, the piano, and many other memorabilia of the great poet from Granada.

It is a building from the early 20th century, featuring a simple structure and modest decoration typical of houses in the Vega de Granada.

These buildings stay cool during the day and offer a pleasant temperature at night, along with a distinctive aroma.

There is a main house and a small attached dwelling where the caretakers lived. Thanks to their care during García Lorca's family exile in New York, the house has been preserved almost intact.

This was the only house they kept when they had to leave and sell all their other properties to start a new life in exile.

It is the only house that has passed directly from the García Lorca family to the Spanish State.

Visiting Hours for the Huerta de San Vicente

Visits to the Federico García Lorca House Museum are always guided and and occur every 45 minutes. Entry without a guide is not permitted.

Please be punctual; once the tour begins, you will not be allowed to join and will need to wait for the next one.

It’s advisable to check availability during peak season, as group reservations may fill up and tickets might not be available upon your arrival.

La Huerta de San Vicente is open Tuesday through Sunday. Mondays and holidays: closed.

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