Convent of the Trinitarians

By |2015-01-13T02:22:26+01:0013th January, 2015|365 days in Madrid, BLOG, HIGHLIGHTS|

The monastery of San Ildefonso and San Juan de Mata, better known by its former name of Convento de las Trinitarias Descalzas de San Ildefonso, is a baroque architectural complex well known in Madrid because it is considered that Miguel De Cervantes is buried here.

The oldest tree in Madrid, the Ahuehuete de El Retiro

By |2016-02-24T21:44:18+01:007th January, 2015|365 days in Madrid, BLOG|

It is a majestic tree, an Ahuehuete (Taxodium mucronatum) the national tree of Mexico. Its plantation dates back to around 1630, and it disputes the honor of being the oldest tree in Madrid with the great cypress of the Botanical Garden located very close to the Retiro.

First look at the Prado Museum

By |2015-01-11T00:10:18+01:004th January, 2015|365 days in Madrid, BLOG, HIGHLIGHTS|

The first choice of the series has been the most representative work of Diego Velázquez. The master shows great use of perspective: in the foreground appears the Infanta Margarita (daughter of Philip IV) and her ladies-in-waiting, the meninas; and in the background, the painter takes a self-portrait. But there is something more revolutionary: behind, reflected in a mirror, the kings appear, they are posing for the artist no less than where you are seeing the painting!

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