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Museo del Prado (Madrid, Spain) |
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Paseo del Prado Hours: Tuesday-Sunday: 9:00 - 8:00(closed Monday) Phone: (+34) 91 330 28 56 Museo del Prado is the most prestigious Madrid's gallery and top tourist attraction. The building of the Museum is designed by the neo-classical architect.  Museo del Prado presents the collection of European art from 12th century to the early 19th century. It is the most important world repository of the collections of paintings and sculpture. The museum houses more than 200 prints, 5,000 drawings, 1,000 coins and medals and nearly 2000 decorative objects and more than 700 works of sculpture. Here are presented works of Spanish masters and also the main Italian works on the ground floor. Among Spanish masters visitors can contemplate Diego Velazquez, Francisco de Goya, Murillo and Domenikos Theotokopoulos, better known as El Greco. Italian works are presented by Raphael, Andrea Mantegna, Andrea del Sarto, Sandro Botticelli, Fra Angelico, Tiziano and Correggio. The museum has the rotational basis for displaying the works which aren't on permanent exhibition. The most popular and famous works are the Maids of honour - Las Meninas and the Spinners - Las Hilanderas by Velazquez, the Naked Maja, the Clothed Maja, Carlos IV and his Family by Francisco de Goya, the Triumph of Death by Pieter Brueghel, the Adam and Eve by Albrecht Durer and the Three Graces by Rubens. Besides, the Museum offers its own souvenir store with wide choice of postcards, books or prints. The admission is 6 euro and free on Sundays. |
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