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The Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza
(see pp292–3), one of the most
important privately assembled art
collections in the world,
was sold to Spain in 1993.
The early 19th-century
palace houses works by
Titian, Rubens, Goya,
van Gogh and Picasso.

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The Plaza de Cibeles (see p290), one of the city’s
PLAZA
DE COLÓN most impressive squares, is ringed by distinctive
buildings, including Madrid´s former main post
PASEO DE RECOLETOS headquarters of the city council.
façade, is now a cultural centre and the
PLAZA office. The building, with sculptures on its white
DE ESPAÑA
GRAN VIA
PLAZA
DEL CALLAO GRAN VIA DE CIBELES CALLE DE ALCALÁ
CALLE DE BAILEN OLD MADRID DEL SOL CALLE DE ALCALÁ BOURBON MADRID
PLAZA
(See pp272–85)
PUERTA
(See pp286–303)
PLAZA
PLAZA
DEL CASTILLO
MAYOR DE CANOVAS
CALLE DE SEGOVIA
The Parque del Retiro (see p301) has leafy
paths and avenues, and a boating lake
overlooked by a majestic colonnade. It is
an ideal place in which to relax between
C A L L E D E AT O C H A
visits to the great art galleries and
PASEO DEL PRADO
museums of Bourbon Madrid.
The Museo del Prado
(see pp296–9) is one of
the world’s greatest art
galleries. It has
important collections of
paintings by Velázquez
and Goya, whose statues
stand outside the
main entrances.

The Museo Nacional Centro
de Arte Reina Sofía (see
pp302–3), an outstanding
museum of 20th-century art,
is entered by highly original
exterior glass lifts. Inside, the
star exhibit is Guernica, Picasso’s
famous paint ing (see p303).

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