Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #7 in Madrid, Spain

Madrid Río is an urban park in the Spanish capital Madrid, built along an urban stretch of the Manzanares River following the burial of the M-30 bypass road in this area. It is the result of a project led by the architect Ginés Garrido, who won the international ideas competition organised by the Madrid City Council in 2005 to redevelop the area.

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The gardens of Las Vistillas or simply Las Vistillas are a secluded urban park in the Spanish city of Madrid located on the top and slopes of the old hill of Campillo de las Vistillas, on a natural balcony bounded to the west by the valley of the Manzanares River and to the north by the old bed of the San Pedro stream. on which Segovia Street was projected. The southern limit is marked by Calle del Rosario and the eastern limit by the road axis formed by Calle de Bailén and Carrera de San Francisco.

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The source of the Cuesta de los Ciego is a neighborhood pipe of the city of Madrid located at the foot of the staircase of which it takes its name. It was installed in 1932, by the Government of the Second Spanish Republic to attend the needs of the residents of an area that at that historical moment went through the most abandoned in the capital of Spain.

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The Segovia Viaduct is a viaduct in the La Latina neighborhood in Madrid, Spain. Throughout the centuries the area has been a major crossroad. The bridge's main function has been to facilitate access between the town and the Royal Palace of Madrid. A later version was built in 1934 to replace the previous iron one erected in 1874. The present one is the result of many restorations in order for its structure to accommodate the growing traffic demand. It spans Segovia Street, 25 meters below, from which it takes its name, although it is popularly known as "El Viaducto". Throughout its history, it had been a common site for suicide in Madrid until 1998.

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The Cathedral Church of the Armed Forces, commonly known as Iglesia del Sacramento, is a 17th-century Baroque-style Catholic church located in Madrid, Spain. Since 1980 is the Military Cathedral of Spain and the seat of the Military Archbishop of Spain. It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1982.

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Mohamed I Park is a monumental site in Madrid, located in the Palacio neighbourhood of the Centro district, and developed as a public space with a sober Andalusian-style landscape. It is dedicated to Muhammad I of Cordoba, considered the founder of the city ("Mayrit") as a military enclave between 860 and 880. Inaugurated in 2010, the complex accompanies part of the route of the slope of the Vega, next to the Almudena cathedral.

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The monument to John Paul II is a monumental bronze statue representing the pontiff erected in Madrid next to the façade of the Almudena cathedral that faces Calle de Bailén.

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The Royal Armoury of Madrid or Real Armería de Madrid, is a collection that, among many other things, contains the personal arms of the Kings of Spain, and also houses military weapons, armours and diplomatic works of art like mixed tapestries, paintings and other works of art and trophies. Among the most notable parts of the collection are armor and full tools that Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor and Philip II used. It is considered, along with the Imperial Armory of Vienna, one of the best in the world.

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The Royal Palace of Madrid is the official residence of the Spanish royal family at the city of Madrid, although now used only for state ceremonies. The palace has 135,000 m2 (1,450,000 sq ft) of floor space and contains 3,418 rooms. It is the largest royal palace in Europe.

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The Church of San Nicolás also known as the church of Church of San Nicolas de Bari, or the Church of San Nicolas de los Servitas, is a Catholic parish church in central Madrid, Spain.

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The church of Santiago, officially called the Royal Parish Church of Santiago and San Juan Bautista, in Madrid, is a Catholic temple of worship in the Spanish capital. It is a medium-sized church, located at Calle de Santiago, 24, very close to the Royal Palace. The current building dates from the nineteenth century, built by the architect Juan Antonio Cuervo to replace two temples demolished during the reign of José Bonaparte, who wanted to widen the Plaza de Oriente. This church is considered the starting point of the Camino de Santiago in Madrid.

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The church of San Ginés in Madrid, is one of the oldest churches in that city. It is situated on the Calle Arenal. References to it appear in documents dating from the ninth century. Originally built in Mudéjar style, it was rebuilt in 1645.

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The Palace of the Marquis of Gaviria is a 19th-century palatial building located on Calle del Arenal in Madrid, Spain.

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The statues known as Mariblanca are female figures of uncertain origin which may relate to the fertility goddesses Venus or Fortuna.

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The equestrian statue of Charles III, located in the Puerta del Sol in Madrid (Spain), is a bronze reproduction by Miguel Ángel Rodríguez, Eduardo Zancada and Tomás Bañuelos Ramón of a model by Manuel Francisco Álvarez de la Peña preserved in the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando.

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The Statue of the Bear and the Strawberry Tree is a sculpture from the second half of the 20th century, situated in the Spanish city of Madrid. It represents the coat of arms of Madrid and is found on the east side of the Puerta del Sol, between Calle de Alcalá and Carrera de San Jerónimo, in the historical centre of the capital.

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The Muñoz Seca Theater is a theater in Madrid, Spain. The theater is named after playwright Pedro Muñoz Seca.

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The Teatro Real is an opera house in Madrid, Spain. Located at the Plaza de Oriente, opposite the Royal Palace, and known colloquially as El Real, it is considered the top institution of the performing and musical arts in the country and one of the most prestigious opera houses in Europe.

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The Monument to Philip IV or Fountain of Philip IV is a memorial to Philip IV of Spain in the centre of Plaza de Oriente in Madrid, Spain. It was raised at the insistence of Isabella II of Spain in the first half of the 19th century, opening on 17 November 1843, a year before Narciso Pascual y Colomer came up with the square's final layout. However, its equestrian statue of the king dates to the 17th century and was produced by the Italian sculptor Pietro Tacca. It was begun in 1634 and shipped to Madrid in 1640, the year of his death. The sculpture, atop a complicated fountain composition, forms the centerpiece of the façade of the Royal Palace. The statue was based in drawings by Diego Velázquez and a bust by Juan Martínez Montañés. The daring stability of the statue was calculated by Galileo Galilei: the horse rears, and the entire weight of the sculpture balances on the two rear legs—and, discreetly, its tail— a feat that had never been attempted in a figure on a heroic scale, of which Leonardo had dreamed.

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The Fountain of the Tritons is a fountain in Rome (Italy), Piazza Bocca della Verità, in front of the basilica of Santa Maria in Cosmedin. This fountain should be distinguished from the similarly named nearby Triton Fountain by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, in the Piazza Barberini, with only a single Triton.

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The Fuente de las Conchas is a monumental fountain in Madrid, Spain that is located in the Campo del Moro gardens, next to the Royal Palace. It was built in the eighteenth century, based on a project by the architect Ventura Rodríguez.

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The Chapel of the Virgen del Puerto is a chapel located in Madrid, Spain. It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1946.

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The Bridge of Segovia is a bridge located in Madrid, Spain, crossing the Manzanares river. It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1996.

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The church of Santa Cristina is a temple located in Madrid. Originally designed in neo-Gothic style, Repullés y Vargas finally executed a neo-Mudejar building. It is located in the Puerta del Ángel neighborhood. During the initial periods of the Civil War it was converted into a Checa.

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