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The city of Madrid is a place where art abounds among other things its monuments. Thousands of visitors to Madrid come to know that aspect of the city, because Madrid is synonymous with art. For visitors who are close to reaching this part of Spain, today we have prepared a brief list of palaces and monuments and museums, which are destinations not to miss in your travel itinerary!

Real Palace:

East Palace, or Palacio Real was built after a fire that destroyed the medieval fortress, then the residence of the Habsburgs during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Des Baroque façade combining gray granite and white limestone.

Palacio Real de Aranjuez:

El Palacio Real de Aranjuez is one of the residences of the King of Spain, located in the Royal Place and Villa de Aranjuez (Madrid), which is managed and maintained by National Heritage. Located on the banks of the River Tajo.

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The Royal Palace of El Pardo:

The Royal Palace of El Pardo is one of the residences of the Spanish Royal Family. Its main use today is to accommodate foreign heads of state on official visit to Spain. It was built in the sixteenth century. It is especially important his collection of tapestries, eighteenth century, which contains five of the most popular series of Francisco de Goya.

Museums in Madrid:

The Community of Madrid boasts some of the most prestigious museums in the world. The Prado Museum is located in the Art Triangle formed by that museum and also by the Reina Sofia and Thyssen-Bornemisza, all in the same area.

Del Prado Museum:

The Museo del Prado is one of the most visited museums in the world and one of the most prestigious. The building which houses the museum was designed in the era of Carlos III, in 1785 by the architect Juan de Villanueva, Cabinet for Natural Sciences. It was not until November 1819 for the first time to see the Museo del Prado. In the Prado Museum you can see paintings and not only in Spain but also in other major countries such as Italy, France, Holland or Germany. There is also room for the sculptures, with more than 900 pieces on display. On the other hand, you can see more than 3,000 drawings and 6,000 prints of all kinds and different historical decorations.

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Reina Sofia Museum:

The National Museum Reina Sofia Art Centre (MNCARS) is the Museum of Contemporary Art in Madrid. It is a complex composed of a headquarters in Santa Isabel, 52 and two complementary areas: the Palacio de Velázquez and the Palacio de Cristal, both in the Parque Del Retiro.

On September 10, 1992 Their Majesties King D. Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia inaugurated the permanent collection of the National Museum Reina Sofia Art Center, which until now had received only temporary exhibitions. Since then, stay up real museum, with the tasks of guarding, grow and exhibit its art. Among the authors who can be seen in its permanent collection include Picasso, Solana, Juan Gris, Miro and Dali. The Museum’s most famous work is «Guernica» by Pablo Picasso.

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Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum:

The origin of this museum is the lease agreement (1988) and the subsequent acquisition made by the Government of Spain (July 1993) on the one hand, the most numerous and important collection of art collected by the Thyssen-Bornemisza.

Teatro Real:

The Teatro Real de Madrid is the theater of operations in the capital of Spain. Opened in 1850 during the reign of Isaba. Realel Theatre took that name because it was the queen, his promoter, and they built across from the Palace. Faced with a threat of ruin was ousted in 1925. It was built on a sandy (name for a street as he arrives) and the works of the Opera Metro station in Madrid damaged base. Reopened its doors as a concert hall in 1966. Passing the National Auditorium symphonic activity begins to conversion to an opera house. Since 1997 houses the opera season in Madrid.

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Caixa Forum:

The Caixa Forum is a modern cultural center located in the center of the cultural district of the city of Madrid, facing the Prado Museum and very close to Reina Sofia Museum. The building is separated from the ground, creating a virtually empty space that acts attracting visitors to the interior. The vertical garden is the work of French botanist Patrick Blanc.

Good trip to Madrid!