(Spain Square & Prado Museum, Madrid)

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Spain Square, Madrid Spain Square (Plaza de Espaa) is a large square, and popular tourist destination, located in central Madrid, at the western end of the Gran Va Street. It features a monument to Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, and is bordered by two of Madrid's most prominent skyscrapers. Gran Via1950

May 3, 1808, French army of Napoleon executed by shooting nearly 400 Spanish soldiers in this Spain Square. Refer to the Prado Museum Goya painting "May 3, 1808".180853400 (Goya) 180853

Madrid Tower (left), Cervantes Monument (center), and the Edificio Espaa (right)

Madrid Tower (Torre de Madrid) (-)Madrid Tower (Torre de Madrid) is the tallest skyscrapers in Madrid, 142 m (466 ft). It was built in 1957, being an emblematic building for the square and for the city itself. It houses offices and apartments.

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Edificio Espaa (Spain Building), the 117 m (384 ft) tall built in 1953.1173841953

Cervantes Monument

Cervantes MonumentCervantes Monument In the center of the plaza is a monument to Spanish novelist, poet and playwright Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra , designed by architects Rafael Martnez Zapatero and Pedro Muguruza and sculptor Lorenzo Coullaut Valera. Most of the monument was built between 1925 and 1930. It was finished between 1956 and 1957 by Federico Coullaut-Valera Mendigutia , the son of the original sculptor. The tower portion of the monument includes a stone sculpture of Cervantes, which overlooks bronze sculptures of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza. (Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra) 192519301956~1957

Spain Square (Plaza de Espaa)

Stone sculpture of Miguel de Cervantes

Bronze sculptures of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza

Prado Museum

Prado Museum (The Museo del Prado) is the main Spanish national art museum , located in central Madrid. It features one of the world's finest collections of European art, dating from the 12th century to the early 19th century, based on the former Spanish Royal Collection, and unquestionably the best single collection of Spanish art . Founded as a museum of paintings and sculpture in 1819, it also contains important collections of other types of works. 12191819El Prado is one of the most visited sites in the world, and is considered one the greatest museums of art in the world. The numerous works by Francisco de Goya, the single most extensively represented artist, as well as by Diego Velzquez , El Greco , Titian , Peter Paul Rubens and Hieronymus Bosch are some of the highlights of the collection. The collection currently comprises around 7,600 paintings, 1,000 sculptures, 4,800 prints and 8,200 drawings, in addition to a large number of other works of art and historic documents. 7,6001,0004,8008,200Prado Museum

People queuing up for admission

Security check

Prado Museum(Museo del Prado)

The Defense of Zaragoza1818-1825 Carrara marble

The sculpture represents the siege of the city of Zaragoza during the Spanish War of Independence, with an old man wounded in combat and protected by his son.

Inspired by classical sculpture, particularly in its composition, it presents a heroic nude and symbolizes the concept of war.Sculpture at entrance hall 1818~1825

The Forge of Vulcan (La fragua de Vulcano) - Velzquez- The god Apollo enters Vulcan's forge to warn the adultery of his wife Venus, goddess of beauty, with Mars, god of war. () Photo from www

Las Meninas by Velzquez, the best-known work on display at the museum , Photo from www

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Las Meninas, by Diego Velzquez - Photo from www

Main exhibition hall, first floor

The Adoration of the Magi Rubens - Photo from www

Charles IV of Spain and His Family - Goya -

Charles IV of Spain and His Family - Goya - Charles IV of Spain and His Family is an oil on canvas painting by the Spanish artist Francisco Goya who began work on this painting in 1800 and completed it in the summer of 1801. It features life sized depictions of Charles IV of Spain and his family, ostentatiously dressed in fine costume and jewelry 18001801 The royal family is apparently paying a visit to the artist's studio, while Goya can be seen to the left looking outwards towards the viewer. As in "Las Meninas," the artist is shown working on a canvas, of which only the rear is visible. The painter in the shadow of the wings, with a grim smile, points and says: 'Look at them and judge for yourself!' Photo from www

Charles IV of Spain and His Family (with numbers) 2 1 17881855 - 3 17841833 - 4 17441801 - 5 - 6 1789 - 1848 - 7 17511819 - 8 17941848 - 917481819 - 10 17551817 - 11 17751830 - 12 187303 - 14 (12) 17821824 -(13) 13 (12) 17991883Photo from www

Side by side oil painting of Las Majas - Goya - Photo from www

A comparison of Francisco Goya's Maja nude (La maja desnuda) and his Maja clothed (La maja vestida). I had thought that they were the same figure with clothes painted on one but they are not an exact match. Although the canvases are the same size (38 x 75 inches) the nude figure is smaller.3875Photo from www

May 2nd 1808 - Francisco Goyathe people of Madrid rose against the Napoleonic occupation army.180852 - 180852Photo from www

May 3rd, 1808 - Francisco Goya180853 -

May 3rd, 1808 - Francisco Goya 180853 - French troops executed by shooting nearly 400 Spanish soldiers in the Plaza of Spain.53400Photo from www

It was originally built in a style known as Isabelline Gothic, but has undergone a series of additions and changes over the centuries so that it now displays a mixture of architectural styles. For some time it was the official Royal Church.

The church itself is an impressive sight next to the Prado Museum. It also contains its share of art treasures, including works by Carducho and Jos Mndez and Juan de Mena's Cristo de la Buena Muerte. (Carducho) San Jeronimo church

San Jeronimo church main door

Maria Cristina statue Prado Museum nearby buildings

Maria Cristina statue

Casn building, The library of Prado Museum

Royal Academy Spain (RAE)

Puerta de Alcala

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