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A must for film lovers in Madrid and home to the Spanish Film Library's projection space.

Not far from Madrid, a set of perfectly preserved trenches date back to the Spanish Civil War.

Replicas of fossils unearthed during renovation work reveal how this area would have looked millions of years ago.

An old, deep well, connected with a miraculous, divine rescue and the patron saint of Madrid.

This enigmatic artifact is a rare depiction of an ancient Iberian noblewoman.

Shrapnel, dynamite, bullets and Franco couldn't destroy this bust, rescued and kept hidden as a family secret for over 40 years.

A vault of safe-deposit boxes in an old bank has been repurposed as a time capsule of Hispanic culture.

A rare set of strings by famed instrument maker Antonio Stradivarius is on display in the Royal Palace.

Strange masks and obscure costumes are housed in this old Madrid corrala.

Remains of the lost church hide beneath this Spanish Parliament building.

Inside this church are the alleged remains of the patron saint of lovers, epileptics, and beekeepers.

A reproduction of the famous prehistoric cave paintings is hidden underground at the National Archaeological Museum.

This embalmed man is one of the best preserved mummies from the Canary Islands.

An iconic and controversial ancient Iberian funerary urn with a hauntingly penetrating gaze.

This fascinating and poignant museum chronicles every imaginable aspect of Spanish colonialism in the Americas.

This small museum tucked within a subway station holds pieces from Madrid's past.

Order cookies baked by cloistered nuns in a 400-year-old monastery.

A subterranean relic of the Spanish Civil War hides below this picturesque park.

The lengthy skeleton of one of the tallest Spaniards of all time is on display in Madrid.

Among the oldest structures in Madrid, these Moorish walls once guarded the medieval city of Mayrit.

One of the world's oldest universities houses an incredible collection of anatomical models, mummified body parts, and human bones.

This macabre masterpiece of a mural is one of Francisco Goya's "Black Paintings."

The morbid items in this small and hidden museum are not for the weak stomached.

Over two centuries old and counting, Madrid's massive botanical garden contains one of Europe's only desert environments.