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因為哥倫布發現新大陸而讓西班牙王國聲名遠播,

因此在西班牙的每個城市,幾乎都可看到哥倫布的廣場,

Plaza de Colon,

又稱為發現廣場,Plaza of Discovery.

馬德里也不例外,這座向偉大航海英雄致敬的廣場位於

卡斯提亞大道上 被艾隆企業(Heron Co.)後現代摩天大樓

及國家圖書館和考古博物館包圍著.

 艾隆企業(Heron Co.) 後現代摩天大樓

 三座航海紀念碑

普拉多美術館 : 歐洲三大美術館之一,

是西班牙引以自豪的美術館,館內所藏均為名畫家的傑作,

如哥雅、委拉斯蓋茲及葛雷柯等西班牙畫派大師珍品畫作。

 哥雅雕像

 參觀人潮

這是我第二次參觀普拉多美術館, 

因館內不准拍照 ,所以我買了一本這個美術館的導覽書,

介紹館內著名畫家的畫.

La Meninas   ~~by  Diego Velazquez (委拉斯蓋茲)

 The Third of May 1808~~ by Francisco Goya (哥雅 )

 The Prado Museum is renowned as being the largest art gallery in the world.

It is now one of Spain's major tourist attractions.

It also exhibits sculptures, drawings, coins and other works of arts,

but it is undoubtedly its large collection of paintings which has given it fame worldwide.

It houses more than 8,600 paintings, of which they exhibit less than 2,000 because of lack of space available.

Many museums throughout the world have less artistic riches in their halls

than the Prado Museum has in storage.

The present day art gallery comes from the royal collections of the old Trinidad Museum,

as well as acquisitions, donations and bequests.