Alonso Martinez is an important and impressive monument of the Spanish politician and jurist Manuel Alonso Martinez, who was also a principal redactor of the Spanish Civil Code from year 1888. Martinez used to work as a Burgos attorney after which he entered the public service as a member of the Cortes. Pursuing the codification of the Spanish civil law, Martinez used to work as a minister for development, governor of Madrid, minister of justice and finance, etc.