Royal Apothecary of the Queen Mother
Royal Apothecary of the Queen Mother
SINCE 1578 One of the best examples of modernism in Madrid Founded in the 16th century, it is one of the oldest pharmacies in the capital, popularly known by this name because the regent Queen María Cristina ordered her medicines there in the 19th century
...Rebuilt in 1913 by the modernist architect Carrasco-Muñoz Encina, it is one of the best examples of modernism in Madrid. Its small library and the formulas of some "prodigious remedies" stand out, such as the red ointment against baldness or the mummy pieces against tuberculosis.
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