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• Alcalá de Henares Town Hall. Alcalá de Henares.

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  … Plaza de Cervantes 12. 28801. Alcalá de Henares. Madrid. E-mail: info@alcaladehenares.es. www.ayto-alcaladehenares.es. The Town Hall building was once the old San Carlos Borromeo college-convent, also known as “Los Agonizantes”. In 1870 it became the Town Hall. The façade is eclectic in style and th…

• University of Alcalá de Henares, or College of San Ildefonso. Alcalá de Henares.

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  … Plaza De San Diego s/n. 28801. Alcalá de Henares. Madrid. E-mail: visitas.guiadas@uah.es. http://visitas.uah.es/. The birthplace of Cervantes. It was created by Cardinal Cisneros and given the name of College of San Ildefonso. The doorway is a fine example of the rich ornamentation of the purest Spa…

• Chapel of El Oidor. Alcalá de Henares.

  [Arts and culture] | [Monuments]

  … Plaza de Cervantes s/n. 28801. Alcalá de Henares. Madrid. www.turismoalcala.es. Founded in the 15th century by Don Pedro Díaz de Toledo, an oidor or high court judge under King John II, the chapel was part of the parish of Santa María la Mayor. Features worth noting are the highly cambered semicircu…

• Alcalá de Henares Main Street. Alcalá de Henares.

  [Arts and culture] | [Monuments]

  … Calle Mayor. 28801. Alcalá de Henares. Madrid. www.museo-casa-natal-cervantes.org. This street, which begins at the church of Santos Niños, was conceived as a major artery in the 12th century. As it was then, it is now still a busy commercial area. Along the street we see porches that are supported …

• Cervantes Birth House-Museum. Alcalá de Henares.

  [Arts and culture] | [Museums]

  … Calle Mayor 48. 28801. Alcalá de Henares. Madrid. Fax.: +34 918818752 | E-mail: museocasanataldecervantes@madrid.org. www.museo-casa-natal-cervantes.org. Birthplace of the author of Don Quixote. The building recreates the atmosphere in which one of the most important writers of universal literature …

• La Imagen Carmelite Convent, Alcalá de Henares. Alcalá de Henares.

  [Arts and culture] | [Monuments]

  … Calle Imagen. 28801. Alcalá de Henares. Madrid. www.turismoalcala.es. Founded in 1563 by the blessed Sister María de Jesús, under the patronage of Doña Leonor de Mascareñas, governess of Felipe II. The design of this Renaissance building's façade is attributed to Alonso de Covarrubias. The façade is…

• Salón Cervantes Theatre. Alcalá de Henares.

  [Arts and culture] | [Monuments]

  … Calle Cervantes, 7. 28801. Alcalá de Henares. Madrid. www.turismoalcala.es.   Built in 1888, this is one of the city's two theatres. It has a rectangular floor plan, and both the façade and the interior were remodelled in 1925 and subsequently refurbished in 1989. It offers a varied programme of eve…

• Episcopal Palace of Alcalá de Henares. Alcalá de Henares.

  [Arts and culture] | [Monuments]

  … Calle Cardenal Sandoval y Rojas, s/n. 28801. Alcalá de Henares. Madrid. www.turismoalcala.es. The palace was the residence of the archbishops of Toledo from the 13th until the 19th century. In 1939 it was seriously damaged by fire, and not only a valuable artistic heritage but also the Central State…

• Cathedral of Santos Niños Justo y Pastor in Alcalá de Henares.. Alcalá de Henares.

  [Arts and culture] | [Monuments]

  … Calle de la Tercia s/n. 28801. Alcalá de Henares. Madrid. E-mail: catedraldealcala@gmail.com. www.visitascatedraldealcala.org. The church was built on the site where the children from Alcalá, Justo and Pastor, were said to have been martyred. The original structure was an old collegiate church which…

• Casa de la Entrevista house. Alcalá de Henares.

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  … Calle San Juan, 4. 28801. Alcalá de Henares. Madrid. www.turismoalcala.es. This was the church of the old monastery of San Juan de la Penitencia , founded by Cardinal Cisneros in 1504. Its name ('the house of the interview') derives from the fact that this was where the first audience took place bet…

• Laredo Palace. Alcalá de Henares.

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  … Paseo de la Estación, nº 10, 28801. 28801. Alcalá de Henares. Madrid. www.turismoalcala.es. Architectural and decorative fantasia in a building that was conceived as a "complete work" by the architect, Manuel José de Laredo. Laredo Palace is a mixture of architectural, sculptural and decorative arch…

• El Capricho Park in Alameda de Osuna. Madrid.

  [Arts and culture] | [Parks and gardens]

  … Paseo Alameda de Osuna s/n. 28042. Madrid. www.esmadrid.com. It was created in the late 18th century by the Countess-Duchess of Benavente. This park is one of the most outstanding and unique examples of the landscape garden in Spain. It is a setting replete with romanticism, combining Italian and Fr…

• Juan Carlos I Park. Madrid.

  [Arts and culture] | [Parks and gardens]

  … Glorieta S.A.R. Don Juan de Borbón y Battemberg. s/n. 28042. Madrid. E-mail: parquejuancarlos@madrid.es . www.madrid.es. This park was built between 1990 and 1992, aiming to become an emblematic site in the city of Madrid, which had been named European Cultural Capital in 1992. The park also has lei…

• Infantado Palace. Guadalajara.

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  … Plaza de los Caídos s/n. 19001. Guadalajara. (Castile-La Mancha) E-mail: museo-guadalajara@jccm.es. http://www.patrimoniohistoricoclm.es. The Mendoza family, the bearers of the title of dukes of El Infantado, embodied all their power in this building, which is the most representative property in the…

• Guadalajara Museum. Guadalajara.

  [Arts and culture] | [Museums]

  … Plaza de los Caídos, s/n (Palacio del Infantado). 19001. Guadalajara. (Castile-La Mancha) Fax.: +34 949212773 | E-mail: museo-guadalajara@jccm.es. http://www.patrimoniohistoricoclm.es/museo-de-guadalajara/. Art and discoveries. The museum offers an anthropological survey of the concepts of life, dea…

• Chapel of Luis Lucena or Los Urbina. Guadalajara.

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  … Cuesta de San Miguel, nº 9. 19001. Guadalajara. (Castile-La Mancha) E-mail: turismoguadalajara@jccm.es. http://www.turismocastillalamancha.com. Luis Lucena, doctor and humanist and a native of Guadalajara, founded and drew up the plans for this unusual chapel, which once adjoined the former Romanesq…

• Cosmocaixa. "La Caixa" Foundation Science Museum. Alcobendas.

  [Arts and culture] | [Museums]

  … Paseo Pintor Velázquez s/n. 28100. Alcobendas. Madrid. Fax.: +34 914845225 | http://obrasocial.lacaixa.es. Learn as you play. This original museum offers a multidisciplinary experience for audiences of all ages. It is an original and entertaining science museum. In its various rooms, visitors can le…

• Santa María la Mayor or “de la Fuente” Cathedral. Guadalajara.

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  … Plaza de Santa María s/n. 19001. Guadalajara. (Castile-La Mancha) Fax.: +34 926852214 | http://www.daimiel.es/. Monuments of ancient Arriaca. The church-cathedral of Santa María was built on the site of an old mosque. The last reformation of the temple took place in the 17th century. Mudejar in styl…

• African Museum - African World. Madrid.

  [Arts and culture] | [Museums]

  … Calle Arturo Soria 101. 28043. Madrid. www.museoafricano.es. A journey through the African continent. This museum provides an insight into African tribal life. Located in the offices of the Combonian missionaries in Madrid, it offers a veritable journey through Africa. Through maps, visitors can exp…

• Mint Museum. Madrid.

  [Arts and culture] | [Museums]

  … Calle Doctor Esquerdo 36. 28009. Madrid. Fax.: +34 915666809 | E-mail: museo@fmnt.es. www.fnmt.es/. The Mint Museum is considered one of the most important of its kind. Located at the Spanish Royal Mint, it shows the history of money from its origins through to the present day, as well as different …

• 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…

• Lázaro Galdiano Foundation Museum. Madrid.

  [Arts and culture] | [Museums]

  … Calle Serrano 122. 28006. Madrid. Fax.: +34 915617793 | E-mail: secretaria.fundacion@flg.es. www.flg.es. Art from all periods of history. It has an outstanding collection of paintings, with works by some of the great masters. The pieces in the museum were brought together by José Lázaro Galdiano, a …

• National Museum of Natural Sciences. Madrid.

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  … Calle José Gutiérrez Abascal, 2. 28006. Madrid. Fax.: +34 915645078 | E-mail: infor.edu@mncn.csic.es. www.mncn.csic.es. This museum conducts activities whose aim is to promote a greater awareness of the diversity of the natural world. It has over 6 million specimens in its collections, and this make…

• National Archaeological Museum. Madrid.

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  … 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…

• Royal Tapestry Factory. Madrid.

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  … Calle Fuenterrabía 2. 28014. Madrid. Fax.: +34 915513409 | E-mail: informacion@realfabricadetapices.com. www.realfabricadetapices.com. Established in the 18th century by Philip V of Spain, the Royal Tapestry Factory has a major collection of tapestries, carpets and cartoons dating from the 16th-20th…