Church · Palacio, Centro district, Madrid, Community of Madrid
Almudena Cathedral
Catedral de Santa María la Real de la Almudena
Almudena Cathedral (Santa María la Real de la Almudena) is the Catholic cathedral of Madrid, on Calle Bailén beside the Royal Palace.
Why go
The cathedral's history page says King Alfonso XII laid the first stone in 1883, that the crypt was completed in 1911, and that Pope John Paul II consecrated the cathedral on 15 June 1993; the first Neo-Gothic design by Francisco de Cubas was finished in a classicist style to harmonise with the neighbouring Royal Palace. The cathedral museum offers a guided visit to the museum and the dome. Its crypt page says guided visits to the crypt are on request, must be booked by email and paid in advance, and do not run in July and August. The crypt is a parish with its own address at Calle Mayor 90, a component of the cathedral rather than a separate record.
Near Almudena Cathedral
Museum
Gallery of the Royal Collections
The Gallery of the Royal Collections is a Patrimonio Nacional museum on Calle Bailén in central Madrid, between the Royal Palace and Almudena Cathedral, showing works from the collections gathered by Spain's monarchs.
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Historic site
Royal Palace of Madrid
The Royal Palace of Madrid is the official residence of the King of Spain, an eighteenth-century palace on Calle Bailén in central Madrid that Patrimonio Nacional manages and opens to visitors.
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Market
Mercado de San Miguel
The Mercado de San Miguel is a historic market hall next to the Plaza Mayor in central Madrid, opened as a food market and now run as a gastronomic market.
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Gallery
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza
The Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza is an art museum in the Villahermosa palace at Paseo del Prado 8 in central Madrid.
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