Curiosities of Madrid, part X !!!

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I take you back to my dear Madrid!! love it !! I like to continue the saga of my dear Madrid with new pictures from my cd rom vault that should be in my blog for you and me, This is again my lost walking trails of wonderful sublime Madrid, Therefore, let me tell you about curiosities of Madrid, part X !!! Hope you enjoy the post as I. 

The Galeria de las Coleccioines Reales (see post) or Royal Collections Gallery (formerly the Royal Collections Museum) is a museum center dependent on the Patrimonio Nacional or National Heritage.In all about 650 unique pieces: Velázquez, Patinir, Goya or Caravaggio. The Royal Collections Gallery opens, the new great museum in Madrid  reveals the collecting and patronage zeal of the Spanish monarchy from the 15C to the 20C, The new museum , next to the Royal Palace and the Almudena Cathedral, a wonderful trio indeed. Inside the 40,000 square meter building of gray granite, concrete, oak and glass, carved into the rock, is just awesome !! See it.

The Palacio Real Colecciones Reales Gallery:  https://www.patrimonionacional.es/en/actualidad/galeria-de-las-colecciones-reales

The Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes​ (see post) is a railway station located within the Atocha railway complex. Within the complex, it receives high-speed trains and most long-distance trains. The rest of the trains that stop at Atocha do so at Atocha-Cercanías station. It is a dead-end station, with 15 tracks ending in a buffer zone. Each track, except track 1, has a turnout in the middle of the platform that allows two trains to be placed on each track, and for the inner train to cross over to the other track, allowing three trains to operate simultaneously on every two tracks. The station was built between 1985 and 1992, behind the original Atocha train station from 1892, to mark the arrival of the Madrid-Seville high-speed line. It owes its name to the old Puerta de Atocha on the Felipe IV wall enclosure, which, located a few meters from the station, was one of the entrances to the city of Madrid. On March 3, 2022, it was announced that the station would be named after the Madrid writer Almudena Grandes.

The ADIF train network on the Puerta de Atocha Almudena trains station of Madrid :https://www.adif.es/w/60000-madrid-pta-de-atocha

The Prado Museum or Museo Nacional del Prado (see posts) is one of the largest and most important museums in the world. It presents mainly European paintings (Flemish, Spanish, French, Italian and German) from the 14C to the beginning of the 19C, collected by the Habsburgs and the Bourbons. The museum also holds collections of drawings and prints (some 6 400 drawings and 3 000 prints), a fund of a thousand sculptures (including an important collection of Greco-Roman sculptures) and a large number of decorative objects and historical documents. It permanently exhibits a collection of 1 300 works in its site, plus 3 000 lent to be exhibited in other galleries and official institutions. The Velázquez statue is a piece of public art located in front of the main entrance of the Museo del Prado, the monument consists of a seated bronze statue of the painter Diego Velázquez by Aniceto Marinas that stands on a stone pedestal. The monument was inaugurated on 14 June 1899 on the occasion of the 300th anniversary of the painter’s birth.

The official Prado museum on its history: https://www.museodelprado.es/en/museum/history-of-the-museum

There you go folks , another wonderful nostalgic, sentimental trip to my dear Spain, A love affairs with my Madrid, as do not know when we will be back, we sure will have this trip in our hearts forever, Again, hope you enjoy this post on curiosities of Madrid, part X !!! as I 

And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!

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I am a lover of travels to Europe , Americas , Africa and Asia as well ,who like to share my experiences of the last 53 years with the world, visiting so far 81 countries; living in 6, working in 5, and Citizen of 4, speaking fluently 4 languages. I can deal with sports especially football/soccer and love music, arts, wine collector/drinker, and go out to restaurants, and just visit the world. My background comes all the way from Candelaria and Pajara in Tenerife, Spain where my grandparents came from ;not knowing each other then, to Punta Brava, west of Havana, Cuba. There , my parents born in Cuba met and later on I was born there too. 100% guanche (annexed Tenerife to Spain on April 10 ,1496). I left Cuba as many have to Madrid, Spain where I lived for 4 years. Then, move to Perth Amboy ,New Jersey USA (living there 13 yrs) ; where I completed high school, became a US Citizen, learned to drive a car, and learned English. Afterward, went to the university in Florida, ERAU, and upon graduation decided to moved there to Ormond by the Sea, near Daytona Beach, finally moving North Miami, then Hialeah, then another moved to Silver Lakes division in Miramar, Broward county, Florida; in Florida I lived a total of 18 years. Finally , moved to France in 2003 ,Versailles call me for its royalty, and working in Paris was great. It was time to seek frontiers again and moved to Brech near Auray, Morbihan in Brittany , and later move to not too far Pluvigner. Total so far in France has been 20 years, and counting. Moving average a home every 5.5 years hopefully this will be my last. Cheers All rights reserved. No part of this blog may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the written permission of the copyright holder, me. No part of this work may be modified, without the written permission of the holder, me.No part of this work may be exposed to public view in any form or by any means, without identifying the holder as the author, and with the before mentioned permission.

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