The Prado Museum in Madrid

The Museo Del Prado

Apr 2nd, 2009 by apartmentblogger

The Museo Del Prado is one of the most interesting and attractive museums in the city of Madrid. It is one of the most important art galleries in the world, in which we can find the works of many famous artists: Italians, Spanish and Flemish such as: Botticelli, Caravaggio, Francisco Goya, Rembrant and Diego Velázquez etc. It’s a museum that preserves one of the most ancient collections of art in the world. The museum is opened to the public Tuesday to Sunday from 9:00 to 20:00 except on: 24th December, 31st December and 6th January, when it is opened only from 9.00 to 14.00.

Prado Museum

The building was designed on the order of Charles III who chose the best architects for the project such as; Juan de Villanueva. In the years it has seen many changes and reconstructions, such as those by - Narciso Pascual y Colomer who built the apse and the church in 1853. At the beginning it was named Real Museum, then Royal Museum of Painting and Sculpture and at the end Museum Nacional Del Prado, that opened for the first time to the public in November 1819.

From its beginnings, the museum reserved much of the space for the Spanish paintings, but today we can find very big collections that comprise of around 7,600 paintings, 1,000 sculptures, 2,400 prints and 6,300 drawings, in addition to a large number of works of art and historic documents. As we can see, visiting the museum, the works are of various nationalities including Italian, Spanish, French and English works.
If you love art you must visit this fantastic and spectacular museum of art which, in the coming months is offering some beautiful exhibitions. From the 24th February until the 1st May you can see the exhibition of “The Sleeping Beauty” from The Museo de Arte de Ponce which consists of 17 works of art. Then there is Francis Bacon, from 3rd February to19th April, which comprises of about 78 works. Another important exhibition “Among Gods and Men” will also be there to enjoy until 12th April 2009.
Don’t miss one of the greatest art exhibitions of all time, rent Apartments in Madrid. You will discover art in all its forms and at the same time enjoy one of the most beautiful capitals of Europe.