Capilla del Santo Niño del Remedio, Gothic Revival chapel in central Madrid, Spain.
The Capilla del Santo Niño del Remedio stands at number 6 of Calle de los Donados, near Arenal in central Madrid. It was built in 1917 on the site of the church of the Hospital de Santa Catalina de los Donados. Its central brick facade has a three-part pointed window, with an oculus above and a small bell gable on top; the door and tympanum are wrought iron framed in ashlar stone. Inside is a single nave with the statue behind the altar.
The site once held the Hospital de Santa Catalina de los Donados, founded in 1460 to care for elderly monks. The chapel that stands today was built afterward as a space for the veneration of the Santo Niño del Remedio.
The chapel is dedicated to the Santo Niño del Remedio, a Christ Child figure venerated by people seeking help in difficult situations. Visitors often leave candles and small offerings in front of the image kept inside.
The chapel is at number 6, Calle de los Donados, just off Arenal in the centre of Madrid. It opens mornings from 8 to 13 and afternoons from 17 to 20; on the 13th of each month it stays open from 8 to 20. Mass is at 12 noon Monday to Saturday, and at 12 and 19 on the 13th.
The entrance door of the chapel combines wrought ironwork with carved stone in the tympanum, a pairing that is rarely seen with this level of craft on a building of this size. Most people walk past without stopping to look at the detail up close.
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