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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 La Almundena
* 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 Las Salesas
* Iglesia de San Andrés Apóstol
* 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
* Museo Del Traje
* 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 )
The 17th Marquis of Cerralbo (1845-1922) was passionate about politics and the arts. His collection, which has to be shown as he left it, includes 30,000 'works of art, archaeological objects and curios', gathered from around the world. Although the best-known of his paintings is The Ecstasy of St Francis of Assisi
by El Greco, there is also porcelain, Greek and Roman pottery, furniture, swords and oriental armour. Connoisseurs appreciate the aristocratic mansion as much as the artefacts. The sumptuous ballroom (renovated in 1999) contrasts with the practical office-library; even the parquet floors in the dining room and billiard room demand admiration.
Address: Calle Ventura Rodríguez 17
Phone: 91 547 36 46
Hours: Tue-Sat 9:30-3, Sun 10-3; Jul, Aug 10-2, Sun 10-1:30
Restaurant: Plenty (Inexpensive)
Metro: Plaza de España, Ventura Rodríguez
Accessible: Few
Admission: Cheap, free Wed, Sun
Other: Iglesia de San Marcos
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