Sunday, July 25th, 2010...6:49 pm
The Hall of Artistic Riches
Madrid as the capital of Spain is the main residence of the Spanish royal family and is providing top wonderful destinations for all guests. The Spanish capital situated at the heart of the Iberian Peninsula offers plenty of diverse beautiful Madrid attractions of interest from the wonderful sunny-sandy beaches wherein water sports are widely taken action; spectacular palaces and museums for leisurely walking; peaked and greenish mountains for those nature lovers and love mountaineering and more.
In most ways, museums are in the mind of most tourists to visit in order to features the finest collection of one of the world’s European arts that brings honor to the country from the previous Spanish royal collection as of early 19th century.
One well-known museum in Madrid which contains paintings, sculptures and other important collections is in Madrid Museo del Prado; renowned as being the largest museum worldwide. The exhibits include drawings, coins, sculptures, paintings and other work of arts.
Madrid Museo del Prado is an art gallery with one of a kind artistic richness compared to the other museums in any part of the planet. It currently houses 7,600 paintings, 1,000 sculptures, 1,000 coins and medals, 4,800 prints, 8,200 drawings and other arts that are placed for public displays.
The museum’s exhibits are works from famous Italians artists such as Andrea Mantenga, Velazquez, Tiziano, Bosch, Fra Angelico, Goya, Rembrandt and many more. Nowadays, all the collections are treasures in two adjacent buildings which are the Villanueva Building and the Cason del Buen Retiro.
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