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• 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…

• 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…

• 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-…

• Parish church of Santa Bárbara (convent of the Salesas Reales and former Royal Monastery of La Visitación). Madrid.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Calle General Castaños, 2. 28004. Madrid. www.esmadrid.com. Founded by Queen Bárbara de Braganza, the wife of King Ferdinand VI of Spain, the convent building is today the site of the Spanish Supreme Court. The monastery, founded as a school-residence for young nobles, was subsequently readapted for…

• 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…

• Royal Pharmacy. Madrid.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Calle Bailén s/n. 28071. Madrid. Fax.: +34 915426947 | E-mail: info@patrimonionacional.es. www.patrimonionacional.es. It is located in a wing of the Royal Palace, and features such treasures as beautifully-crafted cabinets for storing medicinal herbs, containers, numerous bottles from the ceramics f…

• Royal Armoury. Madrid.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Calle Bailén s/n. 28071. Madrid. Fax.: +34 915426947 | E-mail: info@patrimonionacional.es. www.patrimonionacional.es.   The Royal Armoury is home to one of the most important collections of its kind, and comprises weapons and armour belonging to the Spanish monarchs and other members of the Royal Fa…

• Sabatini Gardens. Madrid.

  Arts and culture | [Parks and gardens]

  … Calle Bailén s/n, (Cuesta de San Vicente). 28013. Madrid. www.esmadrid.com. A Neoclassical-style garden in keeping with the Oriente Palace, which has given distinction to an area that in years gone by was used for a humbler purpose, i.e., the stables. While the new Oriente Palace was being built, th…

• Debod Temple. Madrid.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Paseo Pintor Rosales s/n. 28008. Madrid. Fax.: +34 913541719 | www.esmadrid.com. Discover the Debod Temple, one of Madrid's most unusual monuments. This construction dates from the 2nd century BC, and, after centuries on Egyptian soil, was brought to Spain as a gift from Egypt. Transportation of the…

• San Isidro Chapel in San Andrés Church. Madrid.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza de San Andrés 1. 28005. Madrid. www.esmadrid.com. The chapel is the only thing that remains of the church of San Andrés burnt in 1936. Built in the 17th century by the architect José de Villarreal to house the remains of San Isidro. Brick is the most widely used material, the corners are reinf…

• 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…

• 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…

• Wax Museum. Madrid.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Paseo de Recoletos 41. 28004. Madrid. Fax.: +34 913080825 | E-mail: info@museoceramadrid.com. www.museoceramadrid.com. Art made of wax. A journey through history with waxwork figures. Exploring this museum is a good way to get acquainted with personalities, public figures or fictional characters who…

• 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…

• 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…

• San Antonio de la Florida Shrine. Madrid.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Glorieta de San Antonio de la Florida 5. 28008. Madrid. Fax.: +34 917011686 | E-mail: sanantonio@madrid.es . www.madrid.es/ermita. The building of the hermitage was commissioned by Carlos IV under the supervision of the Italian architect Filippo Fontana in 1792. The sculpture of San Antonio was done…

• Christopher Columbus Monument. Madrid.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza de Colón s/n (Jardines del Descubrimiento). 28001. Madrid. www.esmadrid.com. The statue in honour of Cristopher Columbus was built between 1881 and 1885, to celebrate the marriage between Alfonso XII and María de las Mercedes from Orleáns. Made from white marble, the figure of Columbus is the …

• San Francisco el Grande Basilica. Madrid.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … San Buenaventura 1. 28005. Madrid. www.esmadrid.com. San Francisco el Grande Church, a Classicist building from the 18th century, was built on an old convent which legend has was founded by San Francisco de Assisi in the 13th century. This new church was built by King Charles III of Spain; it was or…

• 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…

• 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…

• 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…

• 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…

• 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 …

• San Jerónimo el Real Church. Madrid.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Calle Moreto 4. 28014. Madrid. www.esmadrid.com. At the end of the 15th Century the San Jerónimo church and an annexed palace were built under the orders of the Catholic Monarchs. Being in the outskirts of Madrid at that time, the monarchs appointed the place as a place of retreat and repose. This t…

• 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…