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Archivo para September, 2007

Tourism in Madrid: Reina Sofía National Art Museum

An original setting
The museum is located in the old General Hospital built by architect Sabatini under order of Charles III of Spain, designated Historic-Artistic Monument in 1977. It is home to one of the world’s most highly esteemed permanent collections.
Partial view of museum, with lifts
The museum’s collections come from two sources, the old MEAC (Spanish […]

Posteado en September 30, 2007 Categorizado Madrid Tourism, Madrid Tourism News, Madrid Tourism Promotion | Deja un Comentario

Tourism in Madrid: Prado Museum

One of the best museums in the world
This gallery in Madrid has the most complete collection of Spanish painting from 11th-18th centuries, and many masterpieces by great universal artists such as El Greco, Velázquez, Goya, Bosch, Tiziano, Van Dyck and Rembrandt.
Overview of Velázquez Gate
The quality and variety of its collection makes the Prado Museum one […]

Posteado en September 30, 2007 Categorizado Madrid Tourism, Madrid Tourism Promotion, Madrid Tours | Deja un Comentario

Art and Culture in Madrid

From the ruins of the ancient Arab wall, to small Gothic-style churches, and early Renaissance constructions, Madrid’s development is a showcase for a variety of artistic periods. Madrid owes its name to the Arabic Magerit or “mother of the waters”, which was the name given to the fortress in the bank of the Manzanares River, […]

Posteado en September 30, 2007 Categorizado Madrid Places, Madrid Restaurants, Madrid Tourism | Deja un Comentario

Madrid General Information

Madrid, Spain’s capital, is a cosmopolitan city. Its position as a centre for economics, finance, administration and services combines the most modern infrastructure with an important cultural and artistic heritage, the legacy of centuries of fascinating history.
Madrid is strategically located at the geographical centre of the Iberian peninsular, 646 metres above sea level. Its old […]

Posteado en September 30, 2007 Categorizado Madrid Tourism, Madrid: Easter Weekend | Deja un Comentario

Sport tourism in Madrid: Tourists for Golf

The practice of golf in national geography generates in the tourist sector more than 2,300 million annual euros, according to the study Tourism of golf and resorts hotelkeepers, whom it bases over the 500,000 the number of foreign tourists whom every year in our country attracts each segment.The investments made by real estate promoters and […]

Posteado en September 1, 2007 Categorizado Madrid Places, Madrid Tourism, Madrid Tourism Promotion | Deja un Comentario