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Tag Archives: prado
Last minute touristy things
Because we’ve all finally finished exams and are preparing to have even more people slowly trickle out of Madrid, we’ve been trying to fit in some last minute touristy things that we either missed throughout the semester or are a … Continue reading
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Tagged a cappella, almudena cathedral, alonso martínez, art, ateneo de madrid, ayuntamiento, cable car, casa de campo, cathedral, cibeles, city hall, el rastro, flea market, golden triangle of art, la latina, lago, lago de casa de campo, lake, live music, madrid day, malasaña, market, microteatro por madrid, museum, music, open air, ópera, palacio de cibeles, plaza de cibeles, plaza de oriente, prado, rastro, reina sofía, royal opera house, royal theater, san isidro, sol, teatro real, teleférico, thyssen, thyssen-bornemisza, tierra, tierra burrito
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Archaeological Museum, Botanical Gardens, and Reina Sofía
The week following our trip to Valencia was another one filled with field trips and a paseo to sites around Madrid, including the Archaeological Museum and Reina Sofía with Paco and the Botanical Gardens with Kike. On Tuesday, Paco took … Continue reading
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Tagged archaeological museum, art, bakery, baza, colón, croissant, dalí, dama, dama de baza, dama de elche, dessert, easter, elche, falleras, field trip, food, french toast, garden, goya, greenhouses, guernica, holy week, iberians, joan miró, kike, lady of baza, lady of elche, lent, metro, miró, modern art, museum, napolitana, pablo picasso, paco, pain au chocolat, panadería, park, paseo, picasso, plants, plaza de colón, plaza de murillo, prado, real jardín botánico, reina sofía, royal botanical gardens, salvador dalí, semana santa, serrano, torrija, valencia, weather
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Madrid’s Prado Museum
The Museo del Prado is Spain’s largest art museum. It’s located right in the middle of Madrid, about a 10 minute walk to the east of Puerta del Sol and right off of Plaza de Cibeles, the night bus hub that’s also … Continue reading
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Tagged arqueological museum, art, art changes, bank of spain, christ washing the disciple's feet, class, dalí, disrobing of christ, el greco, elites, elitism, european art, goya, greco, hierarchy, kings, las meninas, monarchs, museo arueológico, museo del prado, museum, paco, patricia, picasso, plaza de cibeles, portraits, prado, puerta del sol, queens, reina sofía, retiro, royalty, royalty of spain, sol, spain seminar, spanish monarchs, thyssen-bornemisza, tintoretto, titian, velázquez
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