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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 )
In Spanish, the word 'América' tends to refer to Latin America rather than to the USA. Ties between Spain and her former colonies remain strong, and this lively cultural centre celebrates that connection. Since opening in 1992, it has hosted a wide range of exhibitions, concerts, films and events reflecting Latin-American culture.
Next door is the elaborately decorated 19th-century Palacio de Linares. Supposedly haunted, it was the home of a wealthy financier whose son fell in love with a shop girl. Sent away to England, he returned to Madrid on his father's death. The couple married, but later discovered a letter explaining that the girl was the financier's illegitimate daughter. Pope León XIII told them that they could remain together but must be chaste. Their unhappy ghosts are said to inhabit the mansion.
Url: www.casamerica.es
Address: Paseo de Recoletos 2
Phone: 91 595 48 00
Hours: Exhibitions: Tue-Sat 11-2, 5-8; Sun and public hols 11-2
Restaurant: Snack bar, restaurant in Palacio (Inexpensive-Moderately priced)
Metro: Banco de España
Accessible: Good
Admission: Free/cheap (exhibitions)
Other: Palacio de Comunicaciones, Plaza de la Cibeles
Practical: Shop sells Latin-American handicrafts
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