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On this spine-chilling tour we explore the mysteries and legacies of the Spanish Inquisition, visiting key areas of the city which were the setting for this bloody tribunal. Your guide will expose the truth about the four long centuries where the Institution loomed over the city. Discover the real motives behind the foundation of the Spanish Inquisition and the people who ran it, the gruesome and cruel torture methods they employed, and the people who they made their victims.
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* Duration: 2 hours
* Starts: Madrid, Spain
* Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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On this spine-chilling tour we explore the mysteries and legacies of the Spanish Inquisition, visiting key areas of the city which were the setting for this bloody tribunal. Your guide will expose the truth about the four long centuries where the Institution loomed over the city. Discover the real motives behind the foundation of the Spanish Inquisition and the people who ran it, the gruesome and cruel torture methods they employed, and the people who they made their victims.
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Stop At: Plaza Mayor, Calle Gerona 4, 28012 Madrid Spain
The Spanish Inquisition tour starts on Plaza Mayor. On this tour you hear about the Spanish Inquisition, one of the most mysterious and bloody institutions of European history to date, its brutal reign weighed heavy over Spain like a curse.
With death tolls of an estimated 3000+ people, this era embodies a dark and troubling relic in the culture of Spain.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Inquisition Jail (Carcel de la Inquisicion), Southeast corner of C. Cabeza and C. Lavapies, Madrid Spain
We visit the old, now haunting jail of the Inquisition, and the site of one particularly dramatic mass trial. As we learn the history of the period and its Zeitgeist, we trace the origins and influence of the ‘Black Legend’ myth which influenced the way the Inquisition was perceived overseas. The climate of paranoia and persecution the Spanish Inquisition created was so overwhelming that its reputation outgrew its reality and it became what we know of it today: much-referenced but little understood.
