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The Cathedral of Madrid is the Almudena Cathedral and it´s pretty modern if it´s compared with the rest of churches and buildings in Madrid. Built towards the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th, it´s a tourist attraction which is visited daily by thousands of people from all over the world. The Cathedral today finds itself where there used to be Madrid´s first ever mosque. Later it was built like a church with the name of Santa María de la Almudena. But it was in 1868 when the church that there is today was built, dedicated to the Virgin of Almudena. In the cathedral we can find a crypt where the photograph of the Virgin is, which dates from the 16th century. This virgin is very loved in the city because she´s the patron saint of the city. After suffering many attacks during the World Wars, the cathedral was remodelled in a neoclassic style and the work was completed in 1993 and it received the blessing of the Pope John Paul II who visited the church in person. To commemorate this event, on the outside of the Cathedral we can find a beautiful statue of Pope John Paul II. If you want to get to know this cathedral, get Madrid accommodation and go and say a prayer to the city´s...
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Occupying a mansion with neoclassic design which dates from 1806, the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, according to many critics, possesses some of the most important private art collections in the whole world and, undoubtedly, in Madrid. The place, which was created by the Baron Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza and his son Hans Henrich. illustrates the western art history since the primitive Flemish up to the most Italian painters of Pop art of the 20th century. The Spanish State bought the museum in 1993 and today it´s one of the most important ones that there is in the country, which complements El Prado and the Reina Sofía museums because it adds many artists of the 20th century. Among some of the artists that you can enjoy in the Thyssen-Bornemisza are Picasso, Pollock, Miró, Van Eyck, Holbein, Petrus Christus, Rubens, Rembrandt, Van Gogh, Cézanne and many other greats of the history of art. With truly amazing collections that are valued in thousands of millions of dollars, it´s not strange that this magnificent museum attracts nearly a million visitors every year. Get Madrid accommodation and enjoy the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, one of the most important in the...
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The Temple of Debod is an Egyptian temple situated in the city of Madrid. It was a gift from the old State of Egypt to the Spanish people for their help that they gave them in 1968 when UNESCO wanted to save the Nubian temples from destruction against the construction of the well in Asuán. That´s how the Temple of Debod got to Madrid and it´s situated net to Parque del Oeste, very close to the Plaza de España. When it was installed in the city, it was attempted that it had the same cardinal location. This way it was located from east to west in a land where before there were some bloody barracks from the Spanish Civil War. Visiting the place is one of the favourite things for tourists because behind the temple there´s the Plaza de España where there is a fountain to commemorate Miguel de Cervantes. That´s why you should make your way there if you´re in the city. The Temple of Debod is over 2200 years old and it has that name because it was built as a tribute to Amón of Debod and Isis, two gods of Egyptian mythology. If you want to get to know this and other monuments in Spain, get Madrid accommodation and go out and walk around the city because it has a lot to...
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If you like going to places that are really unique you can´t not visit Botín that, according to the Guinness Book of Records, it´s actually the first restaurant in the whole world, founded in 1725. The place was mentioned in the book Fortunata and Jacinta by Benito Pérez Galdós, published between the years 1886 and 1887 and, allegedly, Goya worked in the place before he became a painter, and also Hemingway was a frequent customer or he said that this place was one of his favourite restaurants. Today the restaurant, without doubt, has been converted into a touristic place because it appears en the most important guides in the world but this should not bother you because the locals still go to this place to enjoy some of the best meals. Botín was founded by a Frenchman called Jean Botin and his wife and it was originally called Casa Botín but later on it changed its name to the one that it currently holds. It is a place full of wooden planks with iron bits which are hundreds of years old and it has some of the most delicious dishes in the whole city. You can visit Botín, the oldest restaurant in the world, but for that you must get Madrid...
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The Doria Pamphilj Gallery is a large gallery full of private art collections that are housed in the Doria Pamphilj Palace in Rome. This museum was created with the idea of presenting its visitors an insight of what it would be like to live in a palace in the 18th cenury. The building was reformed on various occasions but always to maintain its splendor that it had in its first moment and maintaining the original design and, for that reason, there are galleries that are sometimes closed to the public because they´re being restored and, also, because it´s still a private place that belongs to the family of Doria Pamphilj of Rome. The museum is situated on the first floor of the beautiful and imposing Doria Pamphilj building that, in its oldest part, dates from 1435. You go in from the Via del Corso where you can also admire a convent of the 6th century. In 1601 another patio was added to the building and two covered wings. Subsequently, in the 18th century, Valvassori drew the façade that can be observed today and which is considered a work of art. The Doria Pamphilj Gallery is a place with more than 400 works of art that can be enjoyed walking through its galleries. You can rent apartments in Rome and visit this interesting...
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