Federico García Lorca Birthplace Museum in Fuente Vaqueros

Federico García Lorca · 1898-1936 · Fuente Vaqueros

Visit the farmhouse in Fuente Vaqueros where Federico García Lorca was born, with its courtyard, its well and the memories of his friendship with Anna María Dalí.

Schedule

Tuesday to Sunday · closed Mondays and public holidays

Admission

€3 · €1.50 concession · free on Wednesdays

Address

Calle Poeta García Lorca, 4, 18340 Fuente Vaqueros, Granada

Visits

Always guided · tours start on the hour

The house

The farmhouse in the Granada Vega

Federico García Lorca used to say that his village, Fuente Vaqueros, was built on water. It was here, in this farmhouse in the Vega de Granada, that he was born on 5 June 1898.

The house was built in 1880, when his father, Federico García Rodríguez, married his first wife. After he was widowed he married again, this time a schoolteacher from the village, Vicenta Lorca Romero, who would become the poet's mother and who passed on her love of literature to him. Federico spent his early years here; the family then lived in Valderrubio, a few kilometres away, and in 1909 settled in Granada.

In 1986, fifty years after he was murdered at the start of the Civil War, the house opened as a museum. It is run by the Federico García Lorca Trust, which looks after the house and keeps the poet's memory alive.

The front of the Fuente Vaqueros farmhouse, built in 1880 and turned into a house museum in 1986. Photo: Lopezsuarez (CC0).

What you'll see on the visit

The courtyard and the well

At the centre of the house is the courtyard, with the well and the pump for drawing water. If you look into the well, you'll see what Federico meant: his village was built on water.

The family rooms

The rooms are full of reminders of the family and of the childhood years that shaped his character and his work.

The Granary Room

The old granary hosts temporary exhibitions on Lorca's many facets. A new one opens every 5 June, his birthday.

The Anna María Dalí room

It's named after Salvador Dalí's sister, who in 1987 donated to the house the mementoes of her friendship with the poet: letters, photographs and inscribed first editions.

Juan de Loxa's office

At the end of the visit is the former office of the poet Juan de Loxa, the museum's first director. The collection that now makes up the house's archive began on its shelves.

Additional information

Lorca's Vega

A few kilometres away, in Valderrubio, you can visit the Lorca family's country house and the Bernarda Alba House. And if you'd rather be taken there, the Lorca literary route through Fuente Vaqueros and Valderrubio takes you from Granada to all three houses in a day.

Plan your visit

Booking is recommended if you're going on your own and compulsory for groups of 10 or more. It's done in advance, using the form on the Trust's website.

Book a visit

Additional information

Concession tickets (€1.50) for under-18s, over-65s, retired people and people with a disability of at least 33%, with proof
Groups of up to 25 people
Tickets are sold ten minutes before each tour, on Calle Manuel de Falla; the entrance to the museum is at Calle García Lorca, 4

Opening hours and closures

1 October to 31 May: Tuesday to Saturday, visits at 10:00, 11:00, 12:00, 13:00, 14:00 and 15:00; Sundays at 10:00, 11:00, 12:00 and 13:00
1 June to 30 September: Tuesday to Sunday, tours at 10:00, 11:00, 12:00, 13:00 and 14:00
Closed Mondays and public holidays

https://patronatolorca.org/museo-casa-natal/

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