Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #17 in Madrid, Spain

The Hispano-American Basilica of La Merced is located in the city of Madrid, Spain, at Calle de Edgar Neville, 23. It was designed by the architects Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oiza and Luis Laorga. Work began in 1949 and was completed in 1965.

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The Monument to José Martí is an instance of public art in Madrid, Spain. A gift from the Republic of Cuba to Madrid, the monument is dedicated to José Martí, a Cuban writer and activist noted for his struggle in favour of the independence from Spain.

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Gemma Umberta Maria Galgani, also known as 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 of Jesus (Passionists).

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The Church of Our Lady of Guadalupe is a Catholic church in Spain located in the city of Madrid. It was the work of the architects Enrique de la Mora y Palomar and José Ramón Azpiazu, and José Antonio Torroja and Félix Candela. It has an octagonal floor plan inscribed in a circumference of a diameter of 53.74 m. The building's characteristics are the hyperbolic paraboloid of the roof and the extensive surface supported by only four interior pillars. The project of the formwork of the building by the Spanish-Mexican Félix Candela has been described as "masterful". Enrique de la Mora's work was the first by a Mexican architect in Spain.

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The Miguel Ángel Blanco Gardens are a green area located on Federico Salmón Street in Madrid, in the Chamartín district. Its name pays tribute to Miguel Ángel Blanco, a councillor from Ermua who was murdered by ETA in 1997. It has an approximate area of 3000 square meters.

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