Pantheon of Illustrious Men

Pantheon of Illustrious Men
Pantheon of Illustrious Men
Panteón de Hombres Ilustres
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General information
Location	Madrid, Spain
Owner	Patrimonio Nacional
Spanish Property of Cultural Interest
Official name	Panteón de Hombres Ilustres
Type	Non-movable
Criteria	Monument
Designated	1992
Reference no.	RI-51-0007311

The Pantheon of Illustrious Men (Spanish: Panteón de Hombres Ilustres) is a royal site in Madrid, under the administration of the Patrimonio Nacional. It was designed by Spanish architect Fernando Arbós y Tremanti, and is located in Basilica of Nuestra Señora de Atocha in the Retiro section of Madrid.

Notable interments[]

The pantheon houses the tombs of a number of famous Spaniards including:

Leandro Fernández de Moratín (1760-1828), dramatist
Francisco de Paula Martinez de la Rosa (1789-1862), prime minister
Juan Álvarez Mendizábal (1790-1853), politician
Antonio de los Ríos y Rosas (1812-1873), politician, whose tomb is designed by Pedro Estany
Práxedes Mateo Sagasta (1825-1903), prime minister, whose tomb is the work of sculptor Mariano Benlliure
Antonio Cánovas del Castillo (1828-1897), prime minister, by Catalan sculptor Agustí Querol Subirats
Eduardo Dato e Iradier (1856-1921), prime minister, by sculptor Mariano Benlliure
José Canalejas (1854-1912), prime minister, by sculptor Mariano Benlliure

Notable structures[]

The site also contains its own version of the statue of Liberty, an 1857 tomb designed by sculptors Federico Aparici, Ponciano Ponzano and Sabino Medina, moved here in 1912.