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Madrid, Spain

The remains of the Moorish military outpost that became the city of Madrid are visible on Calle Cuesta de la Vega. The sections of wall here protected a fortress built in the 9th century by Emir ...

Madrid, Spain

This massive 1884 building, Spain's central bank, takes up an entire block. It's said that part of the nation's gold reserves are held in great vaults that stretch under the Plaza de la Cibeles t...

Madrid, Spain

In 1760 Carlos III built this impressive basilica on the site of a Franciscan convent, allegedly founded by St. Francis of Assisi in 1217. The dome, 108 feet in diameter, is the largest in Spain,...

Madrid, Spain

Below the Sabatini Gardens, but accessible only by an entrance on the far side, is the Campo del Moro. Enjoy the clusters of shady trees, winding paths, and the long lawn leading up to the Royal ...

Madrid, Spain

Unmarked by any historical plaque, the former jail is now a large tapas bar, the Taberna de Lavapiés, named for the old Jewish Quarter. Here Jews, Moors, and others designated unrepentant heathen...

Paseo de Recoletos 2, Madrid, Spain

A cultural center and art gallery focusing on Latin America, the Casa is in the allegedly haunted Palacio de Linares, built by a man who made his fortune in the New World and returned to a life o...

C. Cervantes and C. León, Madrid, Spain

A plaque marks the private home where Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, author of Don Quijote de la Mancha, committed his final words to paper: "Puesto ya el pie en el estribo, con ansias de la muert...

C. Cervantes 11, Madrid, Spain

Considered the Shakespeare of Spanish literature, Fray Lope Félix de la Vega Carpio (1562-1635), best known as Lope de Vega. A contemporary and adversary of Cervantes, he wrote some 1,800 plays a...

Madrid, Spain

A modernist palace commissioned in 1902 by the businessman and politician Javier González Longoria, the Casa Longoria was built by José Grases Riera, a Catalan architect who was also a disciple o...

Madrid, Spain

This Prado annex is a five-minute walk from the museum and is free with a Prado ticket. The building, once a ballroom, and the formal gardens in the Retiro are all that remain of Madrid's second ...