Madrid
Madrid
+ 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 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
Excursions
+ Excursions
Walk/Drive
Food&Drink
In The Know
Did You Know?
( Worth Seeing )
Dedicated to the Virgin of Almundena, Madrid's most important church occupies the same hilltop site as the Palacio Real. The Cathedral de la Almundena was designed by the Marques de Cubas in 1879, but work did not start until 1882 after the plans were changed to resemble a 13th-century cathedral similar to the one at Rheims. The building was eventually completed in the 1980s by architects Fernando Chueca Goitia and Carlos Sidro, who bought a neoclassical influence to the design. The cathedral was finally consecrated by Pope John Paul II in 1993.
In May 2004 the lofty Gothic nave provided a splendid setting for the wedding of the heir to the Spanish throne, Prince Felipe and Doña Letitia Ortiz Rocasolano, a former TV news presenter.
Address: Calle de Bailén
Phone: 91 548 0930
Hours: Daily 10 -2, 6-8
Restaurant: Near by (Inexpensive)
Metro: Opera
Accessible: Good
Admission: Free
Other: Palacio Real
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