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+ Madrid
Sights
* 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
Excursions
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In The Know
Did You Know?
( Worth Seeing )
Calle de Toledo is the busy street leading south from the Plaza Mayor. Although it is narrow, you cannot miss the bulky twin towers of this cathedral, designed to emphasise the importance of the church that is dedicated to Madrid's patron saint. Built between 1622-33, the interior is in the shape of a cross, with the dome above the transept. After Carlos III expelled the Jesuits in 1767, he commissioned the noted architect Ventura Rodríguez to remodel the gloomy interior. For over 200 years, the remains of San Isidro and Santa María de la Cabeza, his equally holy wife, have been venerated here. The faithful also make their way to the third chapel to the right of the main entrance and its figure of Christ carrying the cross. Filing around the statue, they touch the exposed rear heel and bless themselves.
Address: Calle de Toledo 37
Phone: 91 369 20 37
Open: Mon-Sat 7:30-1, 6:30-8:30; Sun, public public hols 9-2, 5:30-8:30
Restaurant: Plenty near by (Inexpensive)
Metro: La Latina, Tirso de Molina
Accessible: None
Admission: Free
Other: Plaza Mayor, Botín
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