Barrio de las Letras, the Literary Quarter of Madrid, where Lope de Vega, the Spanish Shakespeare lived and died (August 26, 1635).  Ironically, Lope de Vega&#x27;s house is now on calle Cervantes, a street named for his arch literary enemy, Miguel de Cervantes, the immortal author of Don Quixote, who also lived on this street for a short period.   Cervantes died in a convent one street over on the street now named calle Lope de Vega.  Dec. 17, 2014.   Photo by Gerry Dawes©2014 / ...