Category Archives: Streets, Buildings and Monuments
A Glass Sky
A 2,400-m2- sky. This is how we could define the huge dome of the new gallery located inside the recently renovated Cibeles Palace. Arquimática S.L.P., Francisco Rodríguez Partearroyo’s studio, has transformed one of the masterpieces by Antonio Palacios into the … Continue reading
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Terraces of Reina Sofia Museum
The peculiar semi-covered terraces of Reina Sofia Museum are open for visitors. Everyone can visit them for free by taking the lifts in Jean Nouvel’s expansion. The views over the rooftops and domes of Madrid are really worth it.
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Gran Vía Step by Step
The 100-year-old avenue is an architectural catalogue of the 20th century. We are having a walk along it to get to know the history of its most representative buildings. Gran Vía was born together with the 20th century. In 1910, … Continue reading
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Red de San Luis
The widening of Calle Montera at its junction with Gran Vía, Fuencarral and Hortaleza is known as Red de San Luis, in reference to the net (in Spanish, red) of ropes that was installed in the past to mark stall … Continue reading
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Stone Guests
Not all of them are made of stone, but surely Tirso de Moline will let us use his metaphor to talk about those mute, inmobile witnesses that have been part of the city for many years, even centuries. They aren’t … Continue reading
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Calle Barquillo
Placed in the very centre of Madrid, this lively street, starting in Calle Alcalá, was named after the little boat (in Spanish, barquillo) that the Marquise de las Nieves had in her property, where later the Convent of the Salesas … Continue reading
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Cuesta de Moyano
Watched over by a statue of author Pío Baroja, totally revamped, pedestrianised and with a bike lane, Calle Claudio Moyano – popularly known as Cuesta de Moyano – is an oasis of peace and culture next to Atocha, with 30 … Continue reading
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