What to see in Autonomous community Madrid

The Plaza de Toros de Las Ventas is a famous bullring in Madrid.  It has a seating capacity of 25,000 and is regarded as the home of bullfighting in Spain....

Thyssen Bornemisza Museum is housed in the 18th century Villahermosa Palace in Madrid, near Prado Museum. There are exibited more than 700 paintings that include masterpieces by artists such as El Greco, Velázquez, Dürer, Rembrandt, Watteau, Canaletto, Caravaggio, Hals, Memling, Goya, etc.  The muse...

The Basilica de San Francisco El Grande in Madrid was built in XVII-th century. It is a large neo-classical construction with beautiful frescoes and artwork inside it (including one by Goya)....

The Retiro is a grand park, slap-bang in the middle of the Madrid. There are located a lake, trees, flower gardens, chapel ruins and the Palacio de Cristal. The park is perfect place for retreat from the hustle of Madrid's city life....

The remains of Arab walls (La Muralla Arabe) are located in historical center of Madrid (starting next to the Madrid cathedral). They were built during the emirate of Muhammad I between the years 850 - 866 and are probably the oldest surviving structure in Madrid....

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The Blind museum (Museo Tiflologico) in Madrid is among the few of its kind around the world. It was open in 1992 and is run by the Spanish National Organisation for the Blind. The exhibitions there that are specially designed for blind people. This includes a number of touchable miniature world ...

The Neptune fountain (Fuente de Neptuno) in Madrid is situated at "Plaza Canovas", in front of the Museo Thyssen Bornemizsa. It depicts the sea-god Neptune in a conch-shell chariot pulled by sea-horses and surrounded by dolphins and seals....

Lazaro Galdiano museum in Madrid houses the stunning collection of Spanish entrepreneur José Lázaro Galdiano (1862-1947) and works of Goya, Velázquez, El Greco and others masters. There are exhibited also collections of jewelry, furniture, sculpture and ceramics....

Picasso Tower (Torre Picasso) is a skyscraper in Madrid - the capital of Spain. It is 157 meters long (43 floors) and for the period 1988 - 2007 it was the tallest building in Madrid. The tower is designed by Minoru Yamasaki. The building is known with other fact too: Shortly after 9/11, ETA...