Places Edited by Luis Morato

Built to celebrate the glory of a new queen, this forgotten monument has moved around Madrid three times, reflecting 200 years of political whims and city redevelopment.

The magic of Spanish aviation housed under one roof.

A window into a long-lost world, these colorful tiles advertise a long-defunct range of purgative teas, harmless smokables, and diarrhea cures.

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

Artist Natividad Sánchez wrote a new ending for one of Roman mythology's tragic love stories.

This historic fountain is a favorite neighborhood meeting point.

Dedicated to a young woman who broke gender barriers at the University of Madrid.

This Art Nouveau gate still stands at the former entrance of a 20th-century Spanish writer's colony.

This sculpture of a rider on horseback once crowned the tomb of an Iberian aristocrat.

A bronze statue of the fictional character nicknamed "Mrs. Hat" from a beloved Belgian comedy.

An ode to the famous Las Vegas signage.

A much-loved sculpture depicting the hero of a 1956 anti-Soviet uprising.

Once used to calculate the various levels around the country.

The remains of a convent turned military barrack in the heart of Madrid.

One of the most historical literary characters continues to stroll his hometown.

Inside this Krakow church, an explosion of psychedelic color.

In the middle of a Vienna square, Roman ruins dating back some 2,000 years are on display.

A statue commemorating a Polish dog who took his role as man's best friend very seriously.

From cartoon characters to tiny tanks, a guerilla sculptor's little bronze statues are hidden throughout the city of Budapest.

The largest statue of this convex, homogeneous object with just one stable and one unstable equilibrium point.

A set of seven houses, each built in a style that represents a European country.

This 18th-century project to build the world's tallest gravity dam was never completed.

The largest Roman amphitheater in the Balkans once held over 20,000 people, but managed to lay hidden for hundreds of years.

The facade of this 16th-century building is decorated with carvings of 300 seashells.