58 Sights in Madrid, Spain (with Map and Images)
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List of cities in Spain Sightseeing Tours in Madrid1. Jaime I El Conquistador, Rey de Aragón
James I the Conqueror was King of Aragon, Count of Barcelona, and Lord of Montpellier from 1213 to 1276; King of Majorca from 1231 to 1276; and Valencia from 1238 to 1276. His long reign—the longest of any Iberian monarch—saw the expansion of the Crown of Aragon in three directions: Languedoc to the north, the Balearic Islands to the southeast, and Valencia to the south. By a treaty with Louis IX of France, he achieved the renunciation of any possible claim of French suzerainty over the County of Barcelona and the other Catalan counties, while he renounced northward expansion and taking back the once Catalan territories in Occitania and vassal counties loyal to the County of Barcelona, lands that were lost by his father Peter II of Aragon in the Battle of Muret during the Albigensian Crusade and annexed by the Kingdom of France, and then decided to turn south. His great part in the Reconquista was similar in Mediterranean Spain to that of his contemporary Ferdinand III of Castile in Andalusia. One of the main reasons for this formal renunciation of most of the once Catalan territories in Languedoc and Occitania and any expansion into them is the fact that he was raised by the Knights Templar crusaders, who had defeated his father fighting for the Pope alongside the French, so it was effectively forbidden for him to try to maintain the traditional influence of the Count of Barcelona that previously existed in Occitania and Languedoc.
2. Placa en honor a los abogados de Atocha
The 1977 Atocha massacre was an attack by right-wing extremists in the center of Madrid on January 24, 1977, which saw the assassination of five labor activists from the Communist Party of Spain (PCE) and the workers' federation Comisiones Obreras (CC. OO). The act occurred within the wider context of far-right reaction to Spain's transition to constitutional democracy following the death of dictator Francisco Franco. Intended to provoke a violent left-wing response that would provide legitimacy for a subsequent right-wing counter coup d'état, the massacre had an immediate opposite effect; generating mass popular revulsion of the far-right and accelerating the legalization of the long-banned Communist Party.
3. Monumento a Miguel Hernández
Miguel Hernández Gilabert was a 20th-century Spanish-language poet and playwright associated with the Generation of '27 and the Generation of '36 movements. Born and raised in a family of low resources, he was self-taught in what refers to literature, and struggled against an unfavourable environment to build up his intellectual education, such as a father who physically abused him for spending time with books instead of working, and who took him out of school as soon as he finished his primary education. At school, he became a friend of Ramón Sijé, a well-educated boy who lent and recommended books to Hernández, and whose death would inspire his most famous poem, Elegy.
4. Al patricio Juan Pablo Duarte y Díez
Juan Pablo Duarte was a Dominican military leader, writer, activist, and nationalist politician who was the foremost of the founding fathers of the Dominican Republic and bears the title of Father of the Nation. As one of the most celebrated figures in Dominican history, Duarte is considered a national hero and revolutionary visionary in the modern Dominican Republic, who along with military general Ramón Matías Mella and Francisco del Rosario Sánchez, organized and promoted the Trinitario movement that eventually led to the Dominican revolt and independence from Haitian rule in 1844 and the start of the Dominican War of Independence.
5. Obelisco de la Arganzuela
The obelisk of the Arganzuela is located in the Madrid Río park. Its original location was the current roundabout of Emilio Castelar, on the Paseo de la Castellana, so it was known as the obelisk of the Castellana or obelisk of the Castellana Fountain – a name that it continues to preserve for the purposes of heritage conservation. It was built by King Ferdinand VII, shortly before his death, in order to celebrate the birth of his daughter, the future Queen Isabel II. The works began under the regency of María Cristina de Borbón, in 1833.
6. Reloj de la Puerta del Sol
The Government Clock is a tower clock placed in a temple above the Post Office in the Puerta del Sol. It was inaugurated in 1866 by Queen Elizabeth II on the occasion of her birthday. The watch was the work of the London-based watchmaker José Rodríguez Losada from León, who donated the machinery to the Madrid City Council free of charge. The clock, after having already spent a century and a half working in perfect condition, continues to give the chimes every year in the ritual of the twelve grapes.
7. Fuente de Apolo
The Fountain of Apollo, also called the Four Seasons, is a monumental fountain in Madrid (Spain), located on the Paseo del Prado, the work of Manuel Álvarez. It occupies the center of what was called Salón del Prado, within the urban reform sponsored by King Carlos III in the eighteenth century. It is part of the sculptural ensemble designed by Ventura Rodríguez for the Paseo, along with that of Cibeles and Neptune. All three sources are considered masterpieces of Spanish Neoclassicism.
8. Parque de la Bombilla
Light Bulb Park is a garden district in Madrid, parallel to West Park. In the past, the space was used as a municipal nursery for planting trees that were later planted on the streets. The park is located between Valladolid Avenue, University Town and Old North Station, and between the two gardens there are railway lines near C7 and C10. Every year on June 13, part of the park becomes the main stage of the San Antonio Festival, in addition to the circus, winter and summer cinemas.
9. Monumento a José de San Martín
José Francisco de San Martín y Matorras, known simply as José de San Martín or the Liberator of Argentina, Chile and Peru, was an Argentine general and the primary leader of the southern and central parts of South America's successful struggle for independence from the Spanish Empire who served as the Protector of Peru. Born in Yapeyú, Corrientes, in modern-day Argentina, he left the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata at the early age of seven to study in Málaga, Spain.
10. Monumento a Elena Fortún
María de la Encarnación Gertrudis Jacoba Aragoneses y de Urquijo was a Spanish author of children's literature who wrote under the pen name Elena Fortún. She became famous for Celia, lo que dice the first in the series of children's novels which were a collection of short stories first published in magazines in 1929. The series were both popular and successful during the time of their publications and are today considered classics of Spanish literature.
11. Cuatro Fuentes
Four fountains, also known as fountains, are located at the intersection of Plaza de Murillo Square and Paseo del Prado, in an area known as Borbones Madrid, one of the main tourist attractions in Spanish cities. Two are located on the sidewalk of the grass museum, and the other two are located across the middle pedestrian street of the grass promenade, forming an imaginary square, which runs through a road of this avenue and is dedicated to road traffic.
12. Monumento a la Infanta Isabel
Infanta Isabel of Spain, was the eldest daughter of Queen Isabella II and her husband Francisco de Asís, Duke of Cádiz. She was recognized as the heir presumptive to the Spanish throne twice: from 1851 to 1857 and from 1874 to 1880 and given the title Princess of Asturias, which was reserved for the heir to the Spanish crown. She was married to Prince Gaetan, Count of Girgenti, who committed suicide just three years after their marriage on 13 May 1868.
13. La unión hace la fuerza
The Concepción feminist mural is a mural painting entitled "La unión hace la fuerza" by the Spanish collective Unlogic Crew on the exterior wall of the municipal sports centre in the Concepción neighbourhood of Madrid at Calle José del Hierro nº5. The project was selected in 2018 through a consultation on Decide Madrid and its design was developed with the participation of the neighbourhood of the district of Ciudad Lineal.
14. Teatro Reina Victoria
The Victory Queen Theatre is the theatre hall in Madrid (Spain). Designed by architect Jos é espelius, it was completed on June 10, 1916, with Maumejean stained glass windows and talavera tile exterior walls, and can accommodate more than 600 spectators. During the Second Republic, it was called Victory and was renamed playwright Joaqu í ndicenta in October 1936. It regained its royal name after the Spanish Civil War.
15. Teatro de La Abadía
The monastery is the studio and stage creation center of Madrid, Spain, and is consistent with the European art theatre, with a stable team led by jos é luisg ó mez. Combine continuous research and training with performance. The most obvious public activity of the Abbey Theatre is to make montages and receive works from related companies. Seminars and meetings with important interpreters revolve around this activity.
16. Pradillo
The Pradillo Theatre is a theatre located on Calle Pradillo 12, in the Prosperidad district of madrid's Chamartín district. The theater occupies an old SEUR premises that was acquired by members of the La Tartana Teatro Company. Under the joint direction of Juan Muñoz Rebollo and Carlos Marquerie it was inaugurated on October 29, 1990 with the representation of "Los hombres de piedra" by Antonio Fernández Lera.
17. Exedra
An exedra is a semicircular architectural recess or platform, sometimes crowned by a semi-dome, and either set into a building's façade or free-standing. The original Greek sense was applied to a room that opened onto a stoa, ringed with curved high-backed stone benches, a suitable place for conversation. An exedra may also be expressed by a curved break in a colonnade, perhaps with a semicircular seat.
18. Monumento a Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
Doña Inés de Asbaje y Ramírez de Santillana, better known as Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz was a Mexican writer, philosopher, composer and poet of the Baroque period, and Hieronymite nun. Her contributions to the Spanish Golden Age gained her the nicknames of "The Tenth Muse" or "The Phoenix of America",; historian Stuart Murray calls her a flame that rose from the ashes of "religious authoritarianism".
19. Los portadores de la antorcha
The torchbearer is an aluminum sculpture made by American artist Anna hyatt huntington and donated to the city of Madrid. Since its opening on May 15, 1955, it has been located in Ramon Square and Cajal Square, on the Moncloa campus of the university, known as "docta". The author and her husband Archer Milton Huntington, the founder of Hispanic Society in the United States, attended the inauguration.
20. Placa en honor a Carrero Blanco
The assassination of Prime Minister Luis Carrero Blanco, also known by its code name Operación Ogro, had far-reaching consequences within the politics of Spain. Admiral Carrero Blanco was killed in Madrid by the Basque separatist group ETA on 20 December 1973. The assassination is considered to have been the biggest attack against the Francoist State since the end of the Spanish Civil War in 1939.
21. Monumento a Bernardo O'Higgins
Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme was a Chilean independence leader who freed Chile from Spanish rule in the Chilean War of Independence. He was a wealthy landowner of Basque-Spanish and Irish ancestry. Although he was the second Supreme Director of Chile (1817–1823), he is considered one of Chile's founding fathers, as he was the first holder of this title to head a fully independent Chilean state.
22. General Martínez Campos
The Monument to General Martínez Campos is an instance of public art in Madrid, Spain. Designed by Mariano Benlliure, it consists of an sculptural ensemble presided by a equestrian statue of General Arsenio Martínez Campos, who played a key role in bringing the Bourbon Restoration by leading the coup d'etat of Sagunto in 1874. It lies on the centre of the Plaza de Guatemala, in El Retiro.
23. Rizal
José Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda was a Filipino nationalist, writer and polymath active at the end of the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines. He is considered the national hero of the Philippines. An ophthalmologist by profession, Rizal became a writer and a key member of the Filipino Propaganda Movement, which advocated political reforms for the colony under Spain.
24. Fuente de los Afligidos
The Fountain of the Afflicted, also known as Cristino Martos Fountain, is a fountain in the city of Madrid located between Calle de la Princesa and Plaza de Cristino Martos. The original fountain, also called the San Joaquin fountain, was replaced in 1952 by the one that since then is part of the monumental complex dedicated to the Spanish doctor and bacteriologist Jaume Ferran i Clua.
25. Monumento a Cervantes
The Monument to Miguel de Cervantes is an instance of public art located in Madrid, Spain. Erected on the centre of the Plaza de España, it is dedicated to Miguel de Cervantes, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the Spanish language. The monument incorporates a stone monolith with several statues and a detached bronze sculptural group representing Don Quixote and Sancho Panza.
26. Monumento al Mariscal Santa Cruz Calahumana
Andrés de Santa Cruz y Calahumana was a Bolivian general and politician who served as Interim President of Peru in 1827, the Interim President of Peru from 1836 to 1838 and the 6th President of Bolivia from 1829 to 1839. He also served as Supreme Protector of the short-lived Peru-Bolivian Confederation from 1836 to 1839, a political entity created mainly by his personal endeavors.
27. Real Academia de la Historia
The Real Academia de la Historia is a Spanish institution in Madrid that studies history "ancient and modern, political, civil, ecclesiastical, military, scientific, of letters and arts, that is to say, the different branches of life, of civilisation, and of the culture of the Spanish people". The Academy was established by royal decree of Philip V of Spain on 18 April 1738.
28. Parque de El Capricho
El Capricho is a park in Madrid. The name capricho means "folly" in Spanish. It was created by María Josefa Pimentel, Duchess of Osuna (1752-1834) on her estate at Alameda de Osuna, which was then outside the city of Madrid. It is landscaped in eighteenth-century style with formal and naturalistic features. It is recognised as one of the most beautiful parks in the city.
29. Monumento a Eugenio de Santa Cruz y Espejo
Francisco Javier Eugenio de Santa Cruz y Espejo was a medical pioneer, writer and lawyer of mestizo origin in colonial Ecuador. Although he was a notable scientist and writer, he stands out as a polemicist who inspired the separatist movement in Quito. He is regarded as one of the most important figures in colonial Ecuador. He was Quito's first journalist and hygienist.
30. Fuente Juan de Villanueva
The Juan de Villanueva Fountain is a huge fountain in Madrid and is currently located in the West Park between Paseo de camoens and Francisco and Jacinto Alcantara streets. Opened from 1952 to 1995, it is located at the St. Vincent roundabout. Because of its shape or previous location, it is also known as the source of the devout prince or "cup ace".
31. Monumento a Concepción Arenal
Concepción Arenal Ponte was a graduate in law, thinker, journalist, poet and Galician dramatic author within the literary Realism and pioneer in Spanish feminism. Born in Ferrol, Galicia, she excelled in literature and was the first woman to attend university in Spain. She was also a pioneer and founder of the feminist movement in Spain.
32. Zoo Aquarium de Madrid
The Madrid Zoo Aquarium is a 20-hectare (49-acre) zoo and aquarium located in the Casa de Campo in Madrid, Spain. The zoo is owned by the city, but is managed by the international entertainment operator Parques Reunidos. Opened in 1770, it is one of the largest zoos in Spain and one of the few zoos in the world that houses giant pandas.
33. Parroquia de Santa Gemma Galgani
Maria Gemma Umberta Galgani, also known as Saint Gemma of Lucca, was an Italian mystic, venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church since 1940. She has been called the "Daughter of the Passion" because of her profound imitation of the Passion of Christ. She is especially venerated in the Congregation of the Passion (Passionists).
34. Monumento a la Constitución
The monument to the Constitution of 1978 is a sculptural work erected in Madrid in 1982 in homage to the Spanish Constitution of 1978. It is located in the gardens of the Fine Arts, in front of the Museum of Natural Sciences, near the Plaza de San Juan de la Cruz, at the confluence of Vitruvio Street and Paseo de la Castellana.
Wikipedia: Monumento a la Constitución de 1978 de Madrid (ES)
35. Monumento a Simón Bolivar
Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar y Palacios was a Venezuelan military and political leader who led what are currently the countries of Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia to independence from the Spanish Empire. He is known colloquially as El Libertador, or the Liberator of America.
36. Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
The Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía is Spain's national museum of 20th-century art. The museum was officially inaugurated on September 10, 1990, and is named for Queen Sofía. It is located in Madrid, near the Atocha train and metro stations, at the southern end of the so-called Golden Triangle of Art.
37. Parque Quinta de los Molinos
The fifth factory is a public park located in the Salvador district of the San blas-canillejas district of the Spanish city of Madrid. It is considered as a "historical garden". It is delineated by CalleAlcal á, Calle Miami, Calle de Juan Ignacio and the avenue of September 25.
38. Arco de la Victoria
Arco de la Victoria is a triumphal arch built in the Moncloa district of Madrid, Spain. The 49 m high arch was constructed at the behest of Francisco Franco to commemorate the victory of Francoist troops in the 1936 Battle of Ciudad Universitaria, part of the Spanish Civil War.
39. Monumento a Dante
The Dante Monument, a city monument in Madrid (Spain) honoring the Italian writer Dante Aligieri (1265-1321), sits on the Dante Gate in the retirement garden. It is a bronze mural created by Italian artist Angelo Biancini (1911-1988) in 1968 and installed in May 1969.
40. Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de las Maravillas
The Church of Our Lady of Wonders is a Catholic church of worship in Madrid, Spain. With portico to the street of the Palma, a side to the street of the Dos de Mayo, and the oldest part of the enclosure of the monastery of San Antón facing the Plaza del Dos de Mayo.
Wikipedia: Iglesia de los Santos Justo y Pastor (Madrid) (ES)
41. Monumento a Miguel Hidalgo Costilla
Don Miguel Gregorio Antonio Ignacio Hidalgo y Costilla y Gallaga Mandarte Villaseñor , more commonly known as Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla or Miguel Hidalgo, was a Catholic priest, leader of the Mexican War of Independence and recognized as the Father of the Nation.
42. Parque de Berlín
Berlin Park is an urban park in the city of Madrid that is located in the Ciudad Jardín neighborhood, Chamartín district. With an extension of 4.92 ha, it delimits with the streets of San Ernesto, Marcenado, Ramón y Cajal Avenue, and with Doctor Marco Corera.
43. Palacio de Fomento
The Palace of Fomento, also known as the Ministry of Agriculture Building, is a nineteenth-century office building in Madrid, Spain. Designed by Ricardo Velázquez Bosco, and built between 1893 and 1897, it is on a prominent site opposite Atocha railway station.
44. Carlos III
The equestrian statue of Carlos iii, located in Madrid (Spain) 's Sun Gate Square, is a bronze replica of Miguel Angel Rodriguez, Eduardo zancada and more Ramon baths, and is an Easter mena juan model preserved by the Royal Academy of Art in San Fernando.
45. Fuente de los Galápagos
The Fountain of the Galapagos or Fountain of Isabel II is a monumental fountain of Madrid (Spain), located in the Retiro Park. Inaugurated in 1832, it was originally in the network of San Luis, on Gran Vía. It was fed by the journey of the Castellana.
46. Monumento a Alfonso XII
The Spanish National Monument is embodied in King Alfonso XII, better known as the Monument to Alfonso XII, a complex of buildings and sculptures built in the early 20th century and dedicated to the above-mentioned monarch's retirement park in Madrid.
47. Museo del Romanticismo
Romantic Museum is the National Museum of Spain in Madrid. A series of important historical and artistic objects are preserved, focusing on the daily life and customs of the 19th century, with special attention to the aesthetic trend of romanticism.
48. Real Observatorio de Madrid
The Royal Observatory of Madrid is a historic observatory situated on a small hill next to the Buen Retiro Park in Madrid, Spain. It was completed in 1790 and took over some of the work previously done by the naval observatory on the south coast.
49. Paseo de la fama de Madrid
Madrid's famous promenade, part of Calle Martin de los Heros in the Argüelles district of Madrid (Spain), pays tribute to the most outstanding actors and filmmakers in Spanish films, just like Hollywood's famous promenade on Hollywood Boulevard.
50. Jardín del Rastro
The gas factory of Madrid was an industrial facility for the production of gas for lighting that existed in the capital of Spain, in the current district of Arganzuela, between the mid-nineteenth century and the sixties of the twentieth century.
51. Parroquia de San Ginés
The church of San Ginés in Madrid, is one of the oldest churches in that city. It is situated on the Calle Arenal. References to it appear in documents dating from the ninth century. Originally built in Mudéjar style, it was rebuilt in 1645.
52. Museo del Ferrocarril de Madrid
The Museo del Ferrocarril in Madrid, Spain, is one of the largest historic railroad collections in Europe. It is housed in a redundant railway station called Madrid-Delicias in the barrio of Delicias. The location is near the centre of Madrid.
53. Teatro Bellas Artes
The Fine Arts Theatre is a theater in Madrid, Spain. In 1961, Jos é tamayo, theatre director and founder of lope de vega, decided to open his own theatre on the first floor of the art circle building in Marquis de casa riera street in Madrid.
54. Monumento a Santiago Ramón y Cajal
The monument to Cajal is a sculptural ensemble of commemorative character located in the Retiro Park of Madrid, Spain. The work of the sculptor Victorio Macho, it was inaugurated in 1926. It is dedicated to Santiago Ramón y Cajal.
55. Monumento a Agustín de Argüelles
Agustín de Argüelles Álvarez, nicknamed "the Divine" for his oratory during the Cortes of Cádiz, was a Spanish lawyer, politician and diplomat. He was president of the Cortes in 1841 and tutor to Queen Elizabeth II.
56. Hijas de la Caridad de San Vicente de Paúl
The daughter monastery of the Saint Vincent de Paul charity or sanatorium is located in the city of Madrid (Spain), in the street jos é abascal, a block between moderate fountains, white hairs and heron walls.
57. Monumento a los Caídos por España
The Monument to the Fallen for Spain or the Monument to the Heroes of the Second of May, popularly known as el Obelisco, is a war memorial in Madrid, Spain. It lies on the centre of the Plaza de la Lealtad.
58. Monumento a Jacinto Benavente
The Monument to Jacinto Benavente is a monument located in the city of Madrid, the work of the sculptor Victorio Macho and reminiscent of the playwright Jacinto Benavente. It is located in the Retiro Park.
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