Casas a la malicia

[1] This construction style involved one of various techniques used by locals to avoid housing officials of the court in their homes, as required under the Regalía de aposento.

Casas a malicia resulted from the Regalía de aposento that was instituted when Philip II transferred the Court to Madrid in 1561.

Along with the King came an endless list of nobles, officials of various ranks, representatives of religious orders and other characters.

[2] This royalty required that each citizen accommodate an official of the king in half of their dwelling area.

Due to their inability to host the royal officials, homeowners had to contribute royalties to the value of the third part of the rents that their property could produce, according to the legal provisions of Philip II which attempted to solve the Visita General (General Visitation) of 1749, still visible on the tiles attached to the facades of the houses in the historic center of Madrid.