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• Prado Museum. Madrid.

  [Arts and culture] | [Museums]

  … Paseo del Prado, s/n. 28014. Madrid. Fax.: +34 913302856 | E-mail: museo.nacional@museodelprado.es. http://www.museodelprado.es. One of the greatest museums in the world. This gallery in Madrid has the most complete collection of Spanish painting from 11th-18th centuries, and numerous masterpieces b…

• Royal Botanical Garden. Madrid.

  [Arts and culture] | [Parks and gardens]

  … Plaza de Murillo 2. 28014. Madrid. Fax.: +34 914200157 | E-mail: inforjb@rjb.csic.es. www.rjb.csic.es. The Royal Botanical Garden was founded by Ferdinand VI in 1755, and was designed by the architects Francisco Sabatini and Juan de Villanueva. Some of its most interesting features include the gates…

• Naval Museum. Madrid.

  [Arts and culture] | [Museums]

  … Paseo del Prado, 5. 28014. Madrid. Fax.: +34 913795056 | E-mail: museonavalmadrid@fn.mde.es. www.portalcultura.mde.es. The Naval Museum was inaugurated at its current location, on Paseo del Prado avenue, in 1932. It is home to a collection focusing on the naval history of Spain, and also offers an o…

• Neptune Fountain. Madrid.

  [Arts and culture] | [Monuments]

  … Plaza de Cánovas del Castillo s/n. 28014. Madrid. www.esmadrid.com. The Neptune Fountain is on Paseo del Prado. Under the orders of King Carlos III, sculptor Juan Pascual de Mena began to build this marble statue in 1780. In 1786 his disciple José Rodríguez finished off the project, which represents…

• Royal Observatory Museum in Madrid. Madrid.

  [Arts and culture] | [Museums]

  … Calle Alfonso XII, 3. 28014. Madrid. E-mail: reservas.rom@cnig.es. http://www.ign.es/rom/visitas/index.jsp.   One of the Observatory's locations is in the Villanueva Building, in Retiro Park. This centre has an important collection of antique instruments used for different purposes in astronomy and …

• Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum. Madrid.

  [Arts and culture] | [Museums]

  … Paseo del Prado 8. 28014. Madrid. E-mail: mtb@museothyssen.org. www.museothyssen.org. Tradition and history of a legacy. One of the best private collections of paintings in the world. For several generations, the family collected a large number of works that today are exhibited in this museum. The a…

• National Museum of Decorative Arts. Madrid.

  [Arts and culture] | [Museums]

  … Calle Montalbán 12. 28014. Madrid. Fax.: +34 915232086 | E-mail: mnad@mnad.mcu.es. mnartesdecorativas.mcu.es. A recreation of bygone times. This was one of the first museums in Spain dedicated to decoration. It has up to 15,000 objects displayed throughout 60 rooms, and contains recreations of decor…

• Caixa Forum Madrid. Madrid.

  [Arts and culture] | [Museums]

  … Paseo del Prado 36. 28014. Madrid. Fax.: +34 913307330 | E-mail: caixaforummadrid@laie.es. http://obrasocial.lacaixa.es/nuestroscentros/caixaforummadrid/caixaforummadrid_es.html. A social and cultural centre in the heart of Madrid. Caixa Forum Madrid has restored the old Mediodía Power Station, a je…

• Cibeles Fountain. Madrid.

  [Arts and culture] | [Monuments]

  … Plaza de la Cibeles s/n. 28014. Madrid. www.esmadrid.com. This fountain is the most important symbol of Madrid. It was built at the end of the 18th Century under the orders of King Carlos III. It was designed by architect Ventura Rodríguez in marble and represents the goddess Cibeles astride a lion-…

• Lope de Vega House-Museum. Madrid.

  [Arts and culture] | [Museums]

  … Calle Cervantes 11. 28014. Madrid. E-mail: casamuseolopedevega@madrid.org. Remembering the Golden Age. Lope de Vega lived in this house from 1610, until his death in 1635. The building dates from the 16th century and maintains its original appearance, thanks to painstaking restoration work. The muse…

• Buen Retiro Park. Madrid.

  [Arts and culture] | [Parks and gardens]

  … Plaza de la Independencia s/n. 28014. Madrid. www.esmadrid.com.   Located in the heart of Madrid, its origins date from the reign of Philip IV, when the Buen Retiro Palace was built by the Count-Duke of Olivares. The Astronomical Observatory and the Buen Retiro Royal Porcelain Factory were added dur…

• Casa de América (Linares Palace). Madrid.

  [Arts and culture] | [Monuments]

  … Paseo de Recoletos 2. 28001. Madrid. www.casamerica.es. Linares Palace is in a privileged location in Madrid. Its façades give onto the Plaza de Cibeles Square, Recoletos Avenue and Alcalá Street. Construction began on the building in 1873, by order of the Marquis of Linares. It is now home to the C…

• Bank of Spain. Madrid.

  [Arts and culture] | [Monuments]

  … Calle de Alcalá 48. 28014. Madrid. The Bank of Spain is one of the Madrid's most emblematic buildings. It has a privileged location within the city - its façades give onto Plaza de Cibeles Square, Paseo del Prado and Calle Alcalá Street. It was built 1882-1891. The project was directed by architects…

• Puerta de Alcalá Gate. Madrid.

  [Arts and culture] | [Monuments]

  … Plaza de la Independencia s/n. 28001. Madrid. www.esmadrid.com. This is one of the most well-known monuments in Madrid. Built between 1769 and 1778 under the orders of King Carlos III, it was designed by Francisco Sabatini and erected as a triumphal arch to celebrate the arrival of the monarch at th…

• Círculo de Bellas Artes academy. Madrid.

  [Arts and culture] | [Monuments]

  … Calle de Alcalá 42 (Esq. C/ del Marqués de Casa Riera, 2). 28014. Madrid. E-mail: info@circulobellasartes.com . www.circulobellasartes.com. This impressive building in the Calle de Alcalá was designed by the architect Antonio Palacios and offers a prime example of Madrid's cultural life. Work on the…

• Reina Sofía National Art Museum. Madrid.

  [Arts and culture] | [Museums]

  … Calle Santa Isabel 52. 28012. Madrid. Fax.: + 34 917741056 | E-mail: info@museoreinasofia.es . www.museoreinasofia.es. An original setting. The museum is located in the old General Hospital built by the architect Sabatini under the orders of Charles III of Spain, and was designated a Historic-Artist…

• Royal Academy of History. Madrid.

  [Arts and culture] | [Monuments]

  … Calle del León 21. 28014. Madrid. Fax.: +34 913694636 | E-mail: secretaria.rah@rah.es. www.rah.es. The building was constructed by Juan de Villanueva in 1788, to house the site of the Casa de Nuevo Rezado of the Hieronymite monks. It is a Neoclassic style building of great simplicity.Outside and wor…

• National Anthropology Museum. Madrid.

  [Arts and culture] | [Museums]

  … Calle Alfonso XII 68. 28014. Madrid. Fax.: +34 914677098 | http://mnantropologia.mcu.es/. The diversity of cultures. This was the first anthropology museum established in Spain, in the year 1875. Located in a 19th-century building, the museum presents an overview of different cultures, with a view t…

• San Fernando Royal Academy of Fine Arts. Madrid.

  [Arts and culture] | [Monuments]

  … Calle Alcalá 13. 28014. Madrid. Fax.: +34 91-524 10 34 | E-mail: museo@rabasf.org. http://rabasf.insde.es.   It was created during the reign of Philip II of Spain, and was originally located in the Casa de la Panadería. In 1774 it moved to its current location in the Calle Alcalá, in the Goyeneche P…

• National Engraving Centre. Madrid.

  [Arts and culture] | [Museums]

  … Calle Alcalá, 13. 28014. Madrid. Fax.: +34 915224419 | E-mail: calcografianacional.ventas@rabasf.org. The aim of the centre is to conserve and promote graphic art. The National Engraving Centre was created in 1789 to undertake major engraving projects in the field of political illustration. This ins…

• San Fernando Royal Academy of Fine Arts Museum. Madrid.

  [Arts and culture] | [Museums]

  … Calle Alcalá, 13. 28014. Madrid. Fax.: +34 915241034 | E-mail: museo.exposiciones@rabasf.org. http://www.realacademiabellasartessanfernando.com/es/museo. Important works of art. The museum has a collection of paintings from the 16th-19th centuries. The Royal Academy of Fine Arts Museum boasts some v…

• National Archaeological Museum. Madrid.

  [Arts and culture] | [Museums]

  … Calle Serrano, 13. 28001. Madrid. Fax.: +34 914316840 | E-mail: sugerencias.man@mcu.es. man.mcu.es. The history of civilisations. Created by Queen Isabella II, it is located next to the National Library. The museum came into being at the end of the 19th century, and was designed to bring together an…

• National Library. Madrid.

  [Arts and culture] | [Monuments]

  … Paseo de Recoletos 20-22. 28071. Madrid. Fax.: +34 915775634 | E-mail: info@bne.es. www.bne.es. Between Madrid's Recoletos avenue and Serrano street, alongside Plaza de Colón Square, you will find the majestic National Library building. It has a rectangular floor plan and is neoclassical in style. W…

• Puerta del Sol Square. Madrid.

  [Arts and culture] | [Monuments]

  … Plaza de la Puerta del Sol s/n. 28013. Madrid. www.esmadrid.com. Puerta del Sol is one of the nerve centres of Madrid. The first buildings surrounding this area were begun in the 16th Century, although the square took on the importance it holds today with the construction of the Casa de Correos buil…

• Quinta de la Fuente del Berro Park. Madrid.

  [Arts and culture] | [Parks and gardens]

  … Calle Alcalde Sáinz de Baranda s/n, (Avenida de la Paz). 28028. Madrid. www.madrid.es. The origins of these gardens date back to 1631, when the owner of the land, the Duke of Frías, sold a large piece of property to Philip IV. It had a wealth of orchards and abundant water from a spring that irrigat…