"A beautiful city" a Madrid Travel Page by jwilliams2005

Madrid, the capital of Spain is 646 meters above sea level and has a population of over 3 million people. The origin of Madrid date back to the times of Arab, Emir Mohamed I (852-886). In my opinion the artistic architectual splendor of Madrid and will captivate your senses.

The El Prada museum is the largest art gallery in the world. It exhibits drawings, coins, sculptures and other arifacts. It houses over 8,600 pantings, but can only exhibit 2,00 because of space restrictions. It is currently under expansion and renovation. The history of the Prada museum during the reign of Charles II, when he tried to create a single art collection under one roof. But, it was not unt the reign of Fernando VII when the Royal Museum of Painting and Sculpture was created, on November 19, 1819. The Prada Art museum was located a short distance from my Hotel.

Madrid is also famous for its lances and horsemanship. This picture was taken across the street from the Prada museum, in an artifacts store.