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Plaza Mayor Philip III had built this impressive square between 1617 and 1619, to give additional prestige to his kingdom. The buildings are mostly Renaissance style, in the center there is a statue of the king by Juan de Bolonia and Pietro Tacca.

During 17th century this square was the scenery of theater performances and bullfights and served as meeting places.
The main park of Madrid, Spain. Originally called the Parque del Buen Retiro, or "pleasant retreat," and today covering approximately 350 acres (142 hectares), it was planned in the 1550s and redesigned on the instructions of Gaspar de Guzmán, Conde-Duque de Olivares (chief minister to King Philip. Here you may have relaxing walks or do some boating on its central lake. The most interesting buildings are the Crystal Palace and the Velazquez Palace. Retiro Park
Address: Santa Isabel 52 Madrid, Spain 28012
Tel: 91-467-5062
Hours: Monday to Sunday, from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Closed Tuesdays
Admission: Tickets 400 ptas. general public / 200 ptas, students
The southern end of the Avenue of Art is occupied by the museum which proudly carries the name of the presente-day Queen of Spain: the Centro de Arte Reina Sofía National Museum. Its permanent collection was inaugurated by their Majesties on 10th September 1992, although it was founded as a center dedicated primarily to temporary exhibitions in 1986. The Reina Sofía is, because of its unique characteristics and multiple activities, more than a museum.
Address: Doctor Esquerdo Madrid, Spain 28009
Tel: 34-91-566-65
Hours: Mon to Friday of 10:00 to 2:30 and of 5:00 to 7:30
Admission: Free access
T he Casa de la Moneda Museum (MCM) is housed within the spacious premises of Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre (FNMT) and its collections reflect both the history of Money and the different ways in which it is produced. The museum has important collections of coins, medals, models, blanks, machinery and minting tools , banknotes, postage stamps, along with plates for the stamping of banknotes and postage stamps, lottery and stamped paper. The range of the museum's collections is completed with a major engraving and drawing section, together with an interesting historical library with books from the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries.

The Prado Museum

Address: Paseo del Prado Madrid, Spain 28014
Tel: 91-420-2836
Hours: Tuesday to Saturday, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sundays and holidays, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Admission: Tickets 400 ptas. general public, 200 ptas. students Free entrance: Saturdays from 2.30 p.m., Sundays over 65 years old and under 18.
The Prado Museum - Important painters of world art such as El Greco, Ribera, Zurbarán, Velázquez, Murillo, Goya, Van der Weyden, Hieronymous Bosch, Titian and Rubens are represented in the collection of the Prado Museum, widely considered one of the world's richest far the quality and variety of its paintings. Isabel de Braganza, the wife of Fernando VII, was the patron of the museum and is commemorated by a statue by Álvarez Cubero exhibited within the Prado.

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