When in 1561 Philip II ordered to move the court of Spain to Madrid, then from the town lacked sufficient space to accommodate all those people were part of court and would be moving to live in city.
was then enacted the "Royalty of Quarters", an edict that every house in Madrid that had more than one plant, were forced to cede to a family court. Thus, the monarch assured that there was housing for all displaced.
This requirement was not well received by the citizens of Madrid, who considered abusive, so I came up with solutions to avoid royalty: Born in Madrid rogue then a type of building its own, called "houses of evil" among XVI and XVIII centuries, which was to lift the upper rooms of the house, so stay hidden from street view. Windows placed housing at different heights, dormers were added, mezzanines, was being built under the main floor .... From the street, the house seemed to have a single plant, and in this way, mocking the controversial law.
The best examples of this construction are in the neighborhood of the Moorish, in Bull Street, Earl Street, ...
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