Asturias, Spain
Teverga Prehistoric Park
See replicas of Europe's most famous cave paintings and even some of the animals that feature in the art.
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Asturias, Spain
See replicas of Europe's most famous cave paintings and even some of the animals that feature in the art.
Asturias, Spain
An uninhabited village that preserves and documents rural architecture and an endangered way of life.
San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain
This influential Renaissance-era library was once the haunt of kings and monks.
San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain
According to tradition, King Phillip II supervised construction of the seat of his empire from this seat carved into rock.
Manzanares el Real, Spain
A magnificent, long-abandoned castle built in the wake of the reconquest of Spain.
Manzanares el Real, Spain
This species of wild goat stars in witchy legends and frolics among the park's eerie rock formations.
Rascafría, Spain
A breathtaking and biodiverse wilderness in the mountain setting of Ernest Hemingway's "For Whom the Bell Tolls."
Guadarrama, Spain
These Bullet-scarred bunkers are haunting reminders of the Spanish Civil War.
San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain
This underground church is topped with a 500-foot cross that is seen by many as a beacon of fascist hubris.
Alcorcón, Spain
A historic castle that served as a backdrop to part of an elaborate extraterrestrial hoax.
Mejorada del Campo, Spain
A huge cathedral single-handedly constructed by one eccentric monk.
Paracuellos de Jarama, Spain
The mysterious large white cross visible from the runway is a memorial to a massacre during Spanish Civil War.
Madrid, Spain
A subterranean relic of the Spanish Civil War hides below this picturesque park.
Madrid, Spain
This postmodern apartment block was designed to be a vertical neighborhood.
Madrid, Spain
A towering monument in Spain has proven to be more labor-intensive than initially planned.
Madrid, Spain
A unique exhibit lets blind people experience famous works of art and architecture with their hands.
Madrid, Spain
Earth's rocky history has rarely glittered so brightly as it does in this Spanish museum.
Madrid, Spain
This small and often-overlooked museum holds some of Spain's finest artistic treasures.
Madrid, Spain
Abandoned for decades, trains still pass through the now-restored remains of one of Madrid's first metro stations.
Madrid, Spain
The little church's beautifully frescoed ceiling has earned it the nickname “the Sistine Chapel of Madrid.”
Madrid, Spain
In the fictional world of Kcymaerxthaere, celestial wonders marked a portal to a powerful route of travel at this site in Madrid, Spain.
Madrid, Spain
A vault of safe-deposit boxes in an old bank has been repurposed as a time capsule of Hispanic culture.
Madrid, Spain
The earliest known map to show America, discovered by accident at a Paris bookshop.
Madrid, Spain
This macabre masterpiece of a mural is one of Francisco Goya's "Black Paintings."