The great poet Antonio Machado, of the Generation of ’98, lived in this guesthouse in the city of Segovia from 1919 to 1932 and dedicated some verses to it. During his time in the city, Machado was a professor of French at the Instituto General y Técnico, now known as I.E.S. Mariano Quintanilla, and became a resident who took a keen interest in the development of Segovia.