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* Basilica de San Francisco El Grande
* Basilica de San Miguel
* Botín
* Calle de Serrano
* Casa de América
* Casa Museo de Lope de Vega
* Casa de la Villa
* Casón del Buen Retiro
* Catedral de San Isidro
* Centro Cultural Conde Duque
* Convento de las Carboneras
* Ermita de San Antonio de la Florida
* Estadio Santiago Bernabéu (Bernabéu Stadium)
* Iglesia de las Calatravas
* Iglesia de San Andrés Apóstol
* Iglesia de San Marcos
* Iglesia y Convento de las Trinitarias
* Mercado de San Miguel
* Monasterio de la Encarnación
* Museo Arqueológico Nacional
* Museo Nacional de Antropología
* Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas
* Museo De La Real Academia De Bellas Artes De San Fernando
* Museo Cerralbo
* Museo Chicote
* Museo del Ejército
* Museo Naval
* Museo Romántico
* Palacio de Comunicaciones
* Palacio de las Cortes
* The Paseos
* Plaza de la Cibeles
* Plaza de Toros de las Ventas
* Puerta del Sol
* Puerta de Toledo
* El Rastro (Rastro Flea Market)
* Real Fábrica de Tapices
* Real Jardín Botánico
* Teleférico
* Telefónica
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In The Know
Did You Know?
( Worth Seeing )
In the 17th-18th centuries the most important street in Madrid was the Calle de Alcalá, which led to the university town of Alcalá de Henares. Facing today's traffic and hemmed in by office blocks, this church is all that is left of the original 17th-century convent of the military order of the Comendadoras of Calatrava, founded by wives of knights who joined the Crusades. Topped by a fine dome, the massive pink-brick exterior is covered in ornate sculpture. The interior is even more opulent. Here, the focal point (if you can see it in the gloomy light) is the massive altarpiece of José Churriguera, the sculptor who lent his name to an exuberant baroque decorative style - Churrigueresque.
Address: Calle de Alcalá 25
Phone: 91 521 80 35
Open: Mornings and 7:30pm for mass, most days
Restaurant: Círculo de Bellas Artes (opposite) (Inexpensive)
Metro: Sevilla
Accessible: None
Admission: Free
Other: Museo de la Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando
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