Culture of the Community of Madrid

The Community of Madrid has a rich cultural heritage covering all eras, from prehistory to the present century, highlighting the baroque, romantic and contemporary paintings in Madrid, the palaces and gardens inspired by Versailles in Madrid and Aranjuez, the monastery of El Escorial, the ancient university of Alcalá de Henares, the National Library in Madrid, as well as theaters, churches and museums scattered throughout the autonomous region.

Madrid

The capital of Spain focuses much more important cultural heritage of the Community of Madrid. Only show here a selection of most important asset.

Museo del Prado

One of the most famous museums in the world, whose collection is mostly the result of collecting the works of art commissioned by the kings of Spain to decorate their palaces in Madrid. Among his works include several paintings by Goya (La Maja Desnuda, La Maja Vestida, The Third of May 1808, the Black Paintings), Velázquez (Las Meninas, The Surrender of Breda, The Spinners), Rubens (The Three Graces) Titian (Charles V on Horseback in Mühlberg), Bosch (The Garden of Earthly Delights), El Greco (El Caballero de la mano en el Pecho), etc.

Reina Sofia Museum

Located in a former hospital, the collection of this museum focuses mainly on contemporary works of Spanish art has been collecting until it has become a major contemporary art museums in Europe. The works include Picasso (Guernica) and Dalí (The Great Masturbator).

Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza

The private most important art collection of Spain, which covers the holes in the Museo del Prado and the Reina Sofia Museum.

Royal Palace of Madrid

The palace was inspired by Versailles, but retains its own personality. The exterior of the palace, resembles a medieval fortress built in neoclassical style, but the inside is a beautiful blend of styles, highlighting the neoclassical and rococo.

In addition to the precious frescoes by Tiepolo and Corrado Giaquinto, stresses its armory, one of the most important collections of its kind.

National Library of Spain

The library collection consists of more than 30,000 manuscripts, about 3,000 incunabula, 500,000 printed before 1831, more than 6,000,000 of modern monographs, nearly 110,000 journal titles and a collection of press estimated at nearly 20,000 newspapers . It has a large collection of prints, drawings, posters and photographs. The collection of printed and handwritten sheet music means more than 500,000 works, sound recordings exceed 550,000 copies, the audiovisual collection contains over 80,000 volumes and Mapping Service contains a large collection of ancient and modern maps and charts worldwide.

Teatro Real

Today it is one of the major European opera theaters, whose magnificent productions seasons hosting the first international figures involved in singing, musical direction, stage direction and dance.

Chinchón

Picturesque little town which is famous in Spain for the production of its spirit, its garlics and its oval square.

Castle

South of the town and on a small plateau rises Chinchón Castle, a quadrangular building of which only the first floor and some remains of the second in the towers at the corners. The appearance of the castle, built on a solid foundation and built with ashlar stone mortar and filling, is extremely robust and prone to horizontality. This last feature responds to the typical military architecture of the Renaissance, where industry less surface exposure to an artillery attack.

Chinchon Castle

Móstoles

Móstoles is the second largest city of Madrid, and it played an important thing during the Peninsular War. However, its cultural heritage is scarce and poor.

House of Andrés Torrejón

It is the house where he lived and died the famous mayor of Mostoles. A small period house decorated with rustic elements of the nineteenth century. Every May 2, is made in it, the traditional wreath on the occasion of the celebration of Independence. Each year the mayor of the municipality is responsible for placing the wreath at the statue that adorns the courtyard of the house after attending a Mass in memory of the mayor of Mostoles, 1808 in the parish of Our Lady of the Assumption.