Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #11 in Madrid, Spain

The Church of San Agustín is a Roman Catholic church located in Madrid, Spain.

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The Church of the Holy Spirit is a church located on Serrano Street in Madrid (Spain) run by priests of Opus Dei and built between 1942 and 1943 by the Spanish architect Miguel Fisac.

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The Monument to the Constitution of 1978 is a sculptural work erected in Madrid in 1982 in homage to the Spanish Constitution of 1978. It is located in the gardens of the Bellas Artes, in front of the Museum of Natural Sciences, near the Plaza de San Juan de la Cruz, at the confluence of Vitruvio Street and Paseo de la Castellana.

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The Hand is a bronze sculpture by the Colombian sculptor Fernando Botero. Since 1994, it has been on public display in Madrid, Spain. The 500 kilogram hand is of a plump form, a trademark of the sculptor.

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Marqués del Duero, also known as Monumento al Marqués del Duero, is an instance of public art located in Madrid, Spain. Erected on the centre of the Plaza del Doctor Marañón, the monument consists of a bronze equestrian statue representing Manuel Gutiérrez de la Concha e Irigoyen—a general who stood out in the fight against Carlism—on a stone pedestal decorated with two reliefs.

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The Sorolla Museum is a single-artist museum in Madrid, Spain, devoted to the work and life of Joaquín Sorolla and the members of his family, such as his daughter Elena. The museum is located in the house that was the artist's home and workshop, which was converted into a museum after the death of his widow. It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1962. It is one of the National Museums of Spain and it is attached to the Ministry of Culture.

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The Church of La Milagrosa, formerly Church of San Vicente de Paul, is a Roman Catholic church in Madrid, Spain. With an area of 900 square metres (9,700 sq ft), it is situated on Calle García de Paredes, west of the InterContinental Madrid. The church was built between 1900 and 1904 under the architects Juan Bautista Lázaro de Diego and Narciso Clavería y de Palacios. The architecture is eclectic, exhibiting Neo-Mudéjar features on the exterior and mainly Neo-Gothic features in the interior.

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The convent of the Daughters of Charity of San Vicente de Paul or Convalescent Asylum is located in the city of Madrid (Spain), in the block delimited by José Abascal, Modesto Lafuente, Alonso Cano and García de Paredes streets.

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The Church of Santa Teresa and Santa Isabel is a church located in the Glorieta del Pintor Sorolla in the district of Chamberí, in Madrid, Spain.

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The Beth Yaacov Synagogue is a synagogue in Madrid, Spain. When it opened its doors in 1968, it was the first new synagogue building built in Spain since the Catholic Monarchs of Spain expelled the country's Jews in 1492.

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The Geological and Mining Institute of Spain is a research institute located in Madrid, Spain. It is run under the auspices of the Ministry of Science.

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The Chamberí elevated tank is an installation that had the functionality of a water tank belonging to the Canal de Isabel II distribution network. It is located in the Madrid neighborhood of Chamberí, in an enclosure of the Canal adjacent to Calle de Santa Engracia. Inaugurated in 1912 as an elevated water tank, it is currently a photographic exhibition hall.

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The Teatros del Canal is a centre for performing arts located in Madrid owned by the Madrid regional administration.

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Quevedo or the Monument to Quevedo is an instance of public art in Madrid, Spain. A work by Agustín Querol, it is dedicated to Francisco de Quevedo, distinguished writer of the Baroque era.

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The Plaza del Conde del Valle de Súchil in Madrid, Spain, is an elongated square located in the Arapiles neighborhood of the Chamberí district. It begins in Alberto Aguilera Street and ends in Arapiles Street. Named in honor of José María de Garay y Rowart, 3rd Count of Valle de Súchil, Spanish lawyer and politician who was mayor of Madrid.

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La Abadía is a centre for studies and scenic creation in Madrid, Spain, in the line of European art theatres, with a stable team, directed by Juan Mayorga. It combines permanent research and training with the creation of shows. The most publicly visible activity of the Teatro de La Abadía is that of producing productions and hosting the works of related companies. Workshops and meetings with important masters of interpretation surround this activity.

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The third church of Buen Suceso is a Catholic church in the Spanish city of Madrid, located on Calle de la Princesa. The first church of Buen Suceso had been in the Puerta del Sol. A second church was destroyed during the civil war, was partially restored but was finally demolished in 1975.

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The Madrid Walk of Fame, also known as the Spanish Film Walk of Fame or the Walk of the Stars of Madrid, is a section of Martín de los Heros Street located in the Argüelles neighborhood of Madrid (Spain) in which tribute is paid to the most outstanding actors and filmmakers of Spanish cinema. similar to the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Hollywood Boulevard.

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Paul Percy Harris was a Chicago, Illinois, attorney. He founded the club that became the humanitarian organisation Rotary International in 1905.

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The Monument to Eduardo Rosales is a stone statue, designed by the Spanish sculptor Mateo Inurria, which pays homage to the famous painter Eduardo Rosales.

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James I the Conqueror was King of Aragon, Count of Barcelona and Lord of Montpellier from 1213 to 1276; King of Majorca from 1231 to 1276; and Valencia from 1238 to 1276. His long reign of 62 years is not only the longest of any Iberian monarch, but one of the longest monarchical reigns in history, ahead of Hirohito but remaining behind Queen Victoria and Ferdinand III of Naples and Sicily. He saw the expansion of the Crown of Aragon in three directions: Languedoc to the north, the Balearic Islands to the southeast, and Valencia to the south. By a treaty with Louis IX of France, he achieved the renunciation of any possible claim of French suzerainty over the County of Barcelona and the other Catalan counties, while he renounced northward expansion and taking back the once Catalan territories in Occitania and vassal counties loyal to the County of Barcelona, lands that were lost by his father Peter II of Aragon in the Battle of Muret during the Albigensian Crusade and annexed by the Kingdom of France, and then decided to turn south. His great part in the Reconquista was similar in Mediterranean Spain to that of his contemporary Ferdinand III of Castile in Andalusia. One of the main reasons for this formal renunciation of most of the once Catalan territories in Languedoc and Occitania and any expansion into them is the fact that he was raised by the Knights Templar crusaders, who had defeated his father fighting for the Pope alongside the French, so it was effectively forbidden for him to try to maintain the traditional influence of the Count of Barcelona that previously existed in Occitania and Languedoc.

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The Juan de Villanueva fountain is a monumental fountain in Madrid that is currently located in the Parque del Oeste, between Paseo de Camoens and Calle de Francisco y Jacinto Alcántara. From its inauguration in 1952 until 1995, it was located in the San Vicente roundabout. Due to its shape or its previous location, it has also been called the fountain of Príncipe Pío or "ace of cups".

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Ukrainian-Mediterranean Airlines Flight 4230 was a chartered international passenger flight, a Yakovlev Yak-42D operated by Ukrainian UM Airlines, which crashed in 2003.

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The Parque de la Bombilla is a landscaped area in Madrid, parallel to the Parque del Oeste. In the past, the space was used as municipal nurseries to grow the trees that were later included in the streets. The park is located between Avenida de Valladolid, the University City and the old Estación del Norte, the C7 and C10 commuter railway lines pass between both gardens. On June 13 of each year, part of the park becomes the main stage for the festivities of San Antonio, in addition to the Circus, in winter and the Summer Cinema.

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