Looking towards the Plaza Puerta Cerrada

Still very grateful for some of the time I have right now to produce some personal stuff, this time another watercolor. I've been focusing on the old section of Madrid and yesterday I finished this small piece of a section of the Calle Segovia going up towards the Plaza Puerta Cerrada. The base of the granite cross that was installed there in the 19th C (apparently to conceal a water tank) can be seen in the top half of the painting, at the foot of the buildings. The plaza has this interesting name owing to the fact that the gates of the ancient Christian wall surrounding Madrid were usually kept closed and locked in this area to prevent thieves from victimizing travellers going in and out of the city.