The planned investment for this transformation amounts to 2.9 million euros. The works, expected to begin in the last quarter of this year, will prioritize the conservation of the original architectural elements of the house, built in 1927, adapting it to house museum and cultural uses.
Efforts will be made to recover as much of the original flooring as possible, and the layout acquired by the property after the 1940s renovation will be respected. The ground floor will undergo minimal modifications to preserve its layout and finishes, and will house small museum spaces with photographs and scenes from the period when Aleixandre lived there.
The main visitor entrance will be enabled through the semi-basement, via Calle del Atajo, allowing for the reception of large groups and school visits without affecting the original entrance of the residence.
The rehabilitation project will include a landscaping plan to restore the historic garden of Velintonia, including its emblematic Lebanese cedar. In parallel, a mandatory archaeological-paleontological intervention will be carried out, as the property is located within an archaeological zone.
These actions, tendered through Planifica Madrid, aim to preserve Velintonia's character as a place of literary creation and meeting, adapting it for its new function. The projection is for the House of Poetry to open its doors to the public in 2027, coinciding with the centenary of the Generation of '27 and the 50th anniversary of the Nobel Prize in Literature awarded to Vicente Aleixandre.
Velintonia was a key meeting point for 20th-century literary figures such as Dámaso Alonso, Gerardo Diego, Luis Cernuda, Rafael Alberti, Federico García Lorca, and Miguel Hernández. Recently declared a Cultural Heritage Site (BIC) for its importance to contemporary Spanish poetry, it will join the region's network of literary spaces.
The future House of Poetry will aim to revive the spirit of literary gatherings and support young poets through various activities, framing its opening within the programming for the centenary of the Generation of '27.
Vicente Aleixandre moved into this residence in 1927, turning it into a hub of Madrid's cultural life. After his return in 1940, the house was divided into two dwellings. Following the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1977 and the poet's death in 1984, the Community of Madrid acquired the property.
