Paseo del Prado
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Paseo del Prado | |
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Native name Spanish: Paseo del Prado | |
Location | Madrid, Spain |
Coordinates | 40°24′51″N 3°41′37″W / 40.414061°N 3.693688°WCoordinates: 40°24′51″N 3°41′37″W / 40.414061°N 3.693688°W |
Official name | Paseo del Prado |
Type | Non-movable |
Criteria | Monument |
Designated | 1999 |
Reference no. | RI-51-0004725 |
Type | Cultural |
Criteria | ii, iv, vi |
Designated | 2021 (44th session) |
Part of | Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro, a landscape of Arts and Sciences |
Reference no. | 1618 |
State Party | Spain |
Region | Europe and North America |
Location of Paseo del Prado in Spain |
The Paseo del Prado is one of the main boulevards in Madrid, Spain. It runs north–south between the Plaza de Cibeles and the Plaza del Emperador Carlos V (also known as Plaza de Atocha), with the (the location of the Fuente de Neptuno, and of the Ritz and Palace five-star hotels) lying approximately in the middle. The Paseo del Prado forms the southern end of the city's central axis (which continues to the north of Cibeles as the Paseo de Recoletos, and further north as the Paseo de la Castellana). It enjoys the status of Bien de Interés Cultural (BIC), and as part of a combined UNESCO World Heritage Site with Buen Retiro Park.
Description[]
This densely tree-lined, wide and central avenue is a landmark for the city residents and the location of important cultural and tourist spots in the city, including the so-called Golden Triangle of Art, which encompasses three museums: the Prado Museum (with highlights such as Diego Velázquez's Las Meninas and Francisco de Goya's La maja vestida and La maja desnuda), the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum (housing a collection that spans eight centuries of European painting), and the Reina Sofia Museum (where Pablo Picasso's Guernica hangs, among a collection of 20th-century art). In the vicinity are located the Parque del Buen Retiro and the Casón del Buen Retiro (hosting the 19th-century collection of the Prado Museum), as well as the headquarters of the Real Academia Española (the Spanish language academy), the Bolsa de Madrid (the city's stock exchange), and the Congreso de los Diputados (the national congress).
The Paseo del Prado boulevard includes several monuments and enclosures that are of historical and artistic interest, erected in the eighteenth century for the Hall of Prado urban project. Numerous ornamental and landscaping grounds were constructed for this project. The highlights of this project include the (the Prado Museum's main building), the Royal Botanical Gardens and three sculptural water fountains designed by Ventura Rodriguez, depicting Neptune, Cibeles and .[citation needed]
A controversial project of thorough reform and revitalization of the Paseo del Prado and the Paseo de Recoletos, known as Plan Especial Recoletos-Prado and authored by an international team of architects led by Álvaro Siza,[1] was approved by the city council on 23 June 2005, but as of December 2010 its environmental impact study is still underway[2] and reconstruction has not been initiated.
Paseo del Prado, Madrid
Paseo del Prado with Palacio de los Alcañices
Notable structures[]
- CaixaForum Madrid
- Casa Sindical
- Plaza de Cibeles
- Fountain of Cybele
- Bank of Spain building
- Banco de España metro station
- Fountain of Neptuno
- Monument to Eugenio d'Ors
- Museo Naval
- Hotel Palace
- Palacio de Comunicaciones
- Palacio de Villahermosa
- Palacio de Xifré
- Real Jardín Botánico
- Hotel Ritz
- Statue of Velázquez
References[]
- ^ Madrid.es/[permanent dead link]
- ^ Madrid.es
External links[]
- Media related to Paseo del Prado at Wikimedia Commons
- The Paseo del Prado
- Architectural review by a+t architecture publishers
- Paseo del Prado
- Streets in Madrid
- Art gallery districts
- Museo del Prado
- Bien de Interés Cultural landmarks in Madrid