Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #13 in Madrid, Spain

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Number of sights 7 sights
Distance 6.1 km
Ascend 166 m
Descend 83 m

Explore Madrid in Spain with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Activities in MadridIndividual Sights in Madrid

Sight 1: Los portadores de la antorcha

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Los portadores de la antorcha

The Torchbearers is an aluminum sculpture made by the American artist Anna Hyatt Huntington and donated to the city of Madrid. Since its inauguration on May 15, 1955, it has been located in the Plaza de Ramón y Cajal, on the Moncloa campus of the Complutense University of Madrid "La Docta". The inauguration was attended by the author and her husband Archer Milton Huntington, founder of the Hispanic Society of America.

Wikipedia: Los portadores de la antorcha (ES)

204 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 2: Monumento a las Brigadas Internacionales

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Monumento a las Brigadas Internacionales

Memorial to the International Brigades is a memorial structure, located in the campus of the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, dedicated to the members of the International Brigade who fought in the Spanish Civil War. Erected on 22 October 2011, the monument has been vandalised, and in 2013 the Supreme Court in Madrid upheld a complaint that the monument was a violation of local planning regulations and should be removed. The university replied by insisting that the local government had not acknowledged the application that they had made.

Wikipedia: Memorial to the International Brigades (EN)

961 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 3: Plaza de Menéndez Pelayo

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Plaza de Menéndez Pelayo is a square in Madrid located on the campus of Ciudad Universitaria, in the district of Moncloa, in which several faculties of humanities and social and legal sciences of the Complutense University of Madrid are located. It is named after the Spanish writer, politician and scholar Marcelino Menéndez Pelayo.

Wikipedia: Plaza de Menéndez Pelayo (Madrid) (ES)

1582 meters / 19 minutes

Sight 4: Dehesa de la Villa

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La Dehesa de la Villa is a park located in the northwest of the city of Madrid (Spain), specifically in the Ciudad Universitaria neighborhood of the Moncloa-Aravaca district. Its main characteristic is that it maintains its forest character, being mostly unlandscaped. It occupies an area of 64 hectares, having been much larger in the past.

Wikipedia: Dehesa de la Villa (ES)

1692 meters / 20 minutes

Sight 5: Acueducto de Amaniel

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The low channel is a water transport channel from the Canal de Isabel II, a company that supplies the water to Madrid, which links the lower deposit of the Torrelaguna power plant with the Philippine Islands deposit in Madrid. It has a length of 58.1 km and a driving capacity of 4 m³/s. The work level of the start of the channel tank is 715.23 m s. n. m. and the level of the arrival tank is 690.82 m s. n. m., so the slope of the route does not reach 24.5 m.

Wikipedia: Canal Bajo de Madrid (ES)

979 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 6: Parroquia San Francisco de Sales

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Parroquia San Francisco de Sales Luis García (Zaqarbal) / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Church of San Francisco de Sales is a church located in Madrid, Spain. It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1996.

Wikipedia: Church of San Francisco de Sales (Madrid) (EN), Url

662 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 7: Mezquita Central de Madrid

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Mezquita Central de Madrid Luis García (Zaqarbal) / CC BY-SA 3.0 es

The Madrid Central Mosque is a building located in Cuatro Caminos neighborhood of Tetuán district. During its construction, its proximity to Estrecho metro station gave birth to the popular name of the Strait Mosque.

Wikipedia: Madrid Central Mosque (EN)

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