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	Prado Museum in Madrid by Europe-Cities
		The museum was established during the rule of Fernando VII on 19 November 1819 and was then known as the Royal Museum of Painting and Sculpture.
		The present holdings of the museum come either from the royal collections of the old Trinidad Museum or were gathered through donations, acquisitions and bequests.
		So famous is the museum's collection of pictures that not eveyone is aware of El Prado's other treasures that are well worth seeing - 700 sculptures, about 5,000 drawings, 2,000 prints, around 1,000 coins and medals and nearly 2,000 decorative objects and works of art.
	www.europe-cities.com /madrid/prado_museum-madrid.aspx (489 words)

	Museo del Prado -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Velázquez not only provided the Prado with his own superb works, but his keen eye and sensibility was also responsible for bringing much of the museum's fine collection of (A native or inhabitant of Italy) Italian masters to Spain.
		The Museo del Prado is one of the buildings constructed during the reign of (additional info and facts about Charles III) Charles III as part of a grandiose building scheme designed to bestow upon (The capital and largest city situated centrally in Spain; home of an outstanding art museum) Madrid a monumental urban space.
		This "prado" (meaning meadow in Spanish) gave its name to the area (Salón del Prado, later Paseo del Prado), and later still to the Museum itself upon (Changing something from private to state ownership or control) nationalisation.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/mu/museo_del_prado.htm (494 words)

	AllRefer.com - Prado, Art Museum (Art Museums) - Encyclopedia
		Situated on the Paseo del Prado, it was begun by Juan de Villanueva in 1785 for Charles III, as a museum of natural history, and finished under Ferdinand VII; the inaugural ceremony took place in 1819, when the collection consisted entirely of Spanish paintings.
		It was maintained by the royal family and called the Royal Museum until 1868, when it became national property.
		In 1894 contemporary paintings in the museum were transferred to the Patrimonio Nacional.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/P/Prado.html (258 words)

	Art & culture in Madrid: Museo del Prado Madrid
		Without any doubt, this the Prado is one of the world's most important museums since it opened in 1819 (when it became one of the world's first public art galleries).
		This massive collection is a testament to the centuries of devotion to art accumulation by the Spanish monarchy and church and to the attitudes prevalent in the age of enlightenment when the Prado was conceived.
		The Royal collection —which constitutes the core of the museum's works— was begun by Queen Isabel La Católica in the 1500's and was continued by her successors until the XIX century.
	www.softdoc.es /madrid_guide/culture/prado.html (948 words)

	Prado Museum and Royal Palace (Half Day Tour - Private) \| sightseeing in Madrid \| day tours in Madrid \| private tours ...
		Among Spain's contributions to world culture is her art, and represented here are three of its greatest masters--Goya, Velazquez, and El Greco, but you'll also find the great works of Rubens and Titian.
		The Prado first opened in 1819 to display the Spanish royal art collection.
		After visiting the Prado, we make our way to the Palacio de Oriente usually called the Palacio Real (Royal Palace) it was constructed on the site of a Moorish fortress, destroyed by a fire in 1734.
	www.infohub.com /TRAVEL/SIT/sit_pages/12359.html (425 words)

	Madrid's El Prado Museum
		Europe has many excellent art museums, but Madrid's El Prado Museum has to be rated as one of the very best.
		Originally built to be a science museum at the end of the 17th century, El Prado became one of the world's first public art museums when opened in 1819 to house the Royal art collection.
		The museum is situated on Paseo del Prado at the southern end of Madrid's main North-South artery, about midway between the Atocha train station and the "Cibeles" fountain at where Alcalá crosses Paseo de Recoletos (see No. 7 on the
	www.jrnet.com /travel/articles/prado.html (432 words)

	Tourist Information about Madrid - 4 Hotel Reservations Madrid
		The Prado Museum is considered by many experts to be the best art gallery of the world, as it has the most complete and impressive collection of sixteenth, seventeenth, and twentieth century art, with the best works from the Italian, Flemish and Spanish schools.
		It is in the Prado Museum where artists of the stature of Hieronymus Bosch, Rubens, Goya, Velázquez, Murillo, Fra Angélico, Botticelli, Titian, Rafael, Watteau, Tintorretto, El Greco, Ribera, Zurbarán, and very many others, can be admired, along with a magnificent collection of classical sculptures.
		The Thyssen Bornemisza Museum keeps a private collection, finally donated to the capital in 1993, that has been classified as the most important for having the widest variety of periods and styles, from primitive 13th century paintings to the avant-garde movements of the 20th century.
	www.4hotelreservationsmadrid.com /tourist-information.php (2234 words)

	Spain in Cyberspain: EL PRADO MUSEUM IN CYBERSPAIN
		Of course that you know that the El Prado Museum holds more than 10,000 pieces of art (paintings, sculptures, furniture, jewelry, and even a whole sanctuary, besides the over 3,000 pieces which it lends of different expositions all over Spain) from the 6th century to the most reknown 19th century pieces!
		You will beable to appreciate how humankind’s developments, andlearning influenced the time periods through the arts, clear examplesof this would be The Descent from the Cross by Van der Weyden,The Forge of Vulcan by Velazquez, Las Majas and the 2nd of May of 1808 both by Goya.
		El Prado has gone through much, as well as some of the piecesfound in it.
	www.cyberspain.com /passion/prado.htm (567 words)

	Rick Steves' Europe: Madrid's Prado Museum
		The Prado (pron: PRAH-doh) is the greatest painting museum in the world.
		The art is constantly rearranged by the museum's management, so even the Prado's own maps and guidebooks can be out of date.
		The Prado has a surprisingly worldly collection of paintings for a country in which the medieval Inquisition lasted up until modern times.
	www.ricksteves.com /plan/destinations/spain/prado.htm (8660 words)

	Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum of Art in Madrid, Spain. Madrid Art and Culture Guide. Museum Info
		It was the culmination of a long process in which Spain completed the circle initiated with the Prado museum and the Reina Sofia museum.
		The architect was Juan de Villanueva, who did the Prado Museum as well.
		In 1988 a nine-year grant agreement for the collection was signed, and in 1992 the museum was inaugurated with reformations from Rafael Moneo.
	www.madridinfosite.com /en/museums/madrid-thyssen-museum.aspx (763 words)

	Madrid Tourist Information
		Architecturally it doesn't have the same quantity of essential sights as Barcelona but is a fascinating city to explore and take in the atmosphere, especially around the Old Madrid of the Habsburgs including Puerta del Sol and Plaza Mayor.
		Culturally, the art scene is right up there with the Prado remaining the city's major cultural attraction and Picasso's 'Guernica' in the Reina-Sofia being the number one exhibit.
		Madrid is also a great place to see the traditional Spanish arts with the largest bullring in Spain at Las Ventas and a flamenco scene on a par with the traditional flamenco cities of the south.
	www.spanish-fiestas.com /madrid (1129 words)

	Blogdigger Search: Prado Museum Madrid Spain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Spain is the third most popular tourist country in the world and has amassed such popularity due to its rich culture, made even more interesting by the highly diverse offerings of each of its regions.
		We met Mark’s parents at the Prado Museum, which was boring for me; I’m not that into Spanish art......
		MADRID -- The Prado museum unveiled a modernist new annex of red brick, granite, oak, and marble yesterday, giving a first look at sorely needed exhibition space for one of Spain's main tourist attractions.Designed by architect Rafael Moneo, the new...
	www.blogdigger.com /search?q=Prado+Museum+Madrid+Spain (664 words)

	El Prado Museum Fine Art from MADRID SPAIN
		The Prado Museum is renowned as being the largest art gallery in the world.
		Many museums throughout the world have less artistic riches in their halls than the Prado Museum has in storage.
		The kings death caused inheritance problems and endangered the unity of the collection, but with the disappearance of the monarchy in Spain the museum became national property and became known as the Prado National Museum.
	www.spanisharts.com /prado/prado.htm (445 words)

	Timeline
		NEH helps bring two major exhibitions to the United States: "Goya and the Spirit of Enlightenment" from Madrid's Prado Museum and "Nomads: Masters of the Eurasian Steppe" from the Soviet Union.
		NEH awards $1 million in emergency funding for museums, libraries, and other cultural institutions damaged by hurricanes in the Southeast and in Hawaii.
		In January, NEH programs are restructured: parts of the Fellowships and Seminars divisions are merged with the Research and Education divisions, Challenge Grants are again administered by a separate office; and the Federal/State Partnership is created.
	www.neh.gov /whoweare/timeline.html (5404 words)

	Goya: THE DISASTER OF WAR - Prado Museum - Absolutearts.com
		Goya: THE DISASTER OF WAR - Prado Museum - Absolutearts.com
		The Disaster of the War An outstanding aspect in Goyas oeuvre is violence in its different manifestations as expression of nonsense.
		It happens that the first plates of the Desastres are dated 1810, as engraved in three of them; that was only one year after his visit to Saragossa.
	www.absolutearts.com /artsnews/2000/12/23/27860.html (724 words)

	Hotel \| Übernachtung \| Madrid
		Perfekt gelegen vor dem Prado Museum und nur ein paar Meter entfernt vom Thyssen Museum und den Botanischen Gärten (im touristischen und kulturellen Stadtkern).
		Das Stadtzentrum sowie der Prado, das Reina Sofia und der Bahnhof Atocha liegen in der Nähe.
		Es befindet sich nahe dem Prado Museum, dem Königlichen Palast und dem besten Einkaufsgebiet.
	www.hotelpicker.de /madrid.html (3056 words)

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