Posts Tagged ‘Paseo del Prado’

Madrid, the new city

Thursday, July 30th, 2009

June 2, 2009

In the morning we visited the Museo del Prado.  There was some really nice work inside the museum but one of the most interesting was the Las Meninas.  This painting was to be of the King and Queen but instead they are represented in the mirror in the far back causing the viewer to be placed as the King and Queen.

Las Meninas

Las Meninas (not my photo)

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Class Starts in Madrid

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

June 1, 2009

We started class at the Circulo de Bellas Artes, located across from the Metropolis Building, where we learned that Cafe Americano is coffee with water added.  From this point we started to walk down Calle de Alcala to Paseo del Prado which is the major cultural axis in the city of Madrid.

Metropolis Building

Metropolis Building

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