Museo Nacional del Prado (Paseo del Prado, Madrid): inaugurado en 1819, este es el principal museo nacional de arte de España, con algunas de las mejores colecciones de arte europeo (desde el siglo XII hasta principios del XIX). Aunque gran parte de las obras que se encuentran aquí son pinturas y esculturas, también se muestran […]
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (Calle Santa Isabel 52, Madrid): inaugurado en 1992, este museo lleva el nombre de la Reina Sofía de España. Ubicado cerca de las estaciones de tren y metro de Atocha, este museo alberga obras de arte del siglo XX (en su mayoría artistas españoles como Pablo Picasso, Salvador […]
Museo del Traje (Av. De Juan de Herrera 2, Madrid) – this museum is devoted to fashion and costume design, which consists of over 160,000 pieces and documents, going as far back as the Middle Ages. The Museum of Costume, or Museo del Traje, was founded in 2004, although the history of its collections goes […]
Málaga Cathedral (Calle Molina Lario 9, Málaga) – a.k.a. Catedral de la Encarnación, this cathedral was erected on the site where the city’s main mosque existed during the eight centuries of Muslim domination. Building on the cathedral started during the first half of the 16th century (1528) and went on throughout the 17th and 18th […]
Gaudi House Museum (Barcelona) — The Gaudí House Museum in Park Güell, which was officially opened on 28 September 1963, was the residence of Antoni Gaudí i Cornet (1852-1926) from 1906 until late-1925. Today, this private center is open to the public to give the visitor a more intimate glimpse of the Catalan architect. The […]
Museo Nacional de Antropología (Calle Alfonso XII 68, Madrid) — Located in a 19th-century building, the museum presents an overview of different cultures, with a view to encouraging intercultural understanding and harmony. Its collections comprise items from different places in Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania. Its exhibits and activities establish the cultural similarities […]
Matadero Madrid (Paseo de la Chopera 14, Madrid) — After being refurbished, the old slaughterhouse and livestock market of Madrid has been turned into a large multidisciplinary place for art experimenting and production. Matadero Madrid, Centre for Contemporary Creation, is situated in a group of industrial buildings built between 1908 and 1928, designed by Luis […]
L’Aquàrium de Barcelona (Moll d’Espanya del Port Vell s/n, Barcelona) – this is one of Europe’s biggest marine leisure and education centers and the most important concerning Mediterranean species. Its mission is to provide visitors with a greater understanding of undersea life with 11,000 marine animals from 450 different species which live in five million […]
Gibralfaro (Camino de Gibralfaro 11, Málaga) – this is a fortress located on a ridge that overlooks the city of Málaga. It is also the name of the ridge the castle itself was built on. It was at one time a Phoenician enclosure and lighthouse that was expanded by the Moorish Caliph of Córdoba, Abd-al-Rahman […]
Gate of Europe (Av. Castellana, Chamartin district, Madrid) – a.k.a. “KIO Towers”, this is a pair of inclined buildings located at the northern end of the popular Castellana boulevard – the first of their kind in the world. Designed by American architects, Philip Johnson and John Burgee, they hoped to leave a distinctive mark in […]