[Emblem of the city of Madrid]
JUNTO A ESTE LUGAR
ESTUVIERON LAS CASAS DE
ANA DE MENDOZA Y LA CERDA

PRINCESA DE ÉBOLI
Y EN ELLAS FUE ARRESTADA
POR ORDEN DE FELIPE II
EN 1579

Ayuntamiento de Madrid 1991

The place was photographed on the same day by the same photographer Click for a larger image

Ana de Mendoza y de Silva, Princess of Éboli, a Spanish noblewoman who had a close relationship with King Philip II. She was also on close terms with the king’s secretary - Antonio Pérez. After the secretary was banned due to suspicions of murder, Ana de Mendoza was also banned.

Translation of the text on the sign:
[Emblem of the city of Madrid]

NEXT TO THIS PLACE
WERE THE HOUSES OF
ANA DE MENDOZA AND LA CERDA

PRINCESS OF EBOLI
AND IN THEM SHE WAS ARRESTED
BY ORDER OF PHILIP II
IN 1579

Madrid City Council 1991