Madrid, Spain
Museo Lazaro Galdiano
This small and often-overlooked museum holds some of Spain's finest artistic treasures.
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Madrid, Spain
This small and often-overlooked museum holds some of Spain's finest artistic treasures.
Madrid, Spain
This fascinating and poignant museum chronicles every imaginable aspect of Spanish colonialism in the Americas.
Madrid, Spain
An ancient Egyptian temple in the middle of Madrid, Spain.
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
The remains of this misplaced church were moved here stone by stone.
Madrid, Spain
One of Madrid's oldest trees, with a long and colorful history, resides in El Retiro Park.
Madrid, Spain
The lengthy skeleton of one of the tallest Spaniards of all time is on display in Madrid.
Madrid, Spain
An old, deep well, connected with a miraculous, divine rescue and the patron saint of Madrid.
Madrid, Spain
This enigmatic Iberian sculpture of uncertain origin may have once guarded a burial site.
Madrid, Spain
An iconic and controversial ancient Iberian funerary urn with a hauntingly penetrating gaze.
Madrid, Spain
After the queen of Spain had a dream where these statues fell and crushed her, they were removed from the palace and given new homes around Madrid.
Saelices, Spain
One of the most important Celtic-Roman archaeological sites in Spain.
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.
Las Rozas de Madrid, Spain
This 18th-century project to build the world's tallest gravity dam was never completed.
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.
Manzanares el Real, Spain
A magnificent, long-abandoned castle built in the wake of the reconquest of Spain.
Rascafría, Spain
A breathtaking and biodiverse wilderness in the mountain setting of Ernest Hemingway's "For Whom the Bell Tolls."
Segovia, Spain
These "mermaids" that surround a plaza in Segovia are rather sphinx-like.
Segovia, Spain
The first mechanized factory in Spain is also one of the most significant mints in the history of money.
Carrascal del Río, Spain
Medieval ruins nestled within a breathtaking swath of Spanish nature.
Iscar, Spain
This Castilian castle has stood the test of time like few others.
Olmedo, Spain
The best collection of Mudéjar building replicas gathered in a theme park in Olmedo.
La Boulaye, France
The ruins of an abandoned cemetery are among the last remnants of the old village of La Boulaye before a wealthy landowner had it relocated.