Museo del Prado
The Museo del Prado is a prestigious art museum containing works from the world's most famous artists from the fourteenth to the early nineteenth centuries. The museum offers a unique opportunity to read titles and descriptions of pieces in the artists' native language. The most popular sections include spaces reserved for Diego Velázquez, Goya, and El Greco.

Fun Facts

• Prado means "meadow" in English.


• The building was first used as a headquarters for the cavalry and a gunpowder-store for the Napoleonic troops based in Madrid during the War of Independence.

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Museo del Prado