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MADRID'S ROYAL

PALACE HISTORY
VISIT THE MADRID'S
ROYAL PALACE Where is it located?
IT IS LOCATED ON
BAILEN STREET, THIS
WAS THE OFFICIAL
RESIDENCE OF THE
KING OF SPAIN UNTIL
ALFONSO XIII, SO
NOW IS USED FOR
CEREMONIES AND
OFFICIAL ACTS.

When was it built?


IT WAS BUILT IN 1735 AN
THE CONSTRUCTION
TOOK APPROXIMATELY
17 YEARS AND WAS BY
ORDER OF FELIPE V.
INTERESTING WHY YOU SHOULD
FACTS VISIT MADRID'S
-It is the largest palace in all of ROYAL PALACE
Western Europe
-the Royal Palace has its own
pharmacy for emergencies and - IT'S FREE IF YOU ARE A PART
other things. OF THE EUROPEAN UNION.
It is accessed through a secret
INTERIOR OF passage.
-THERE IS A ROOM CALLED THE - VISITS GUIDED TOURS ONLY
THE PALACE "DESPACGO AZAÑA" WHERE THE COST 14€ EACH PERSON.
POLITICIAN WORKED
EXTENSION OF 135000M²
-JUAN DE VILLANUEVA WAS HIRED
3418 ROOMS

RECOGNIZED AS THE ARCHITECT OF
VALUABLE SET OF MUSICAL THE COURT
INSTRUMENTS KNOWN AS THE
PALATINOS STRADIVARIUS, SOME OF THE MOST
VERY IMPORTANT IMPORTANTS ROOMS ARE:
COLLECTIONS OF PAINTING,
SCULPTURE, UPHOLSTERY, - gala dining room
ETC.
IT HAS A CLASSY BAROQUE - ROYAL KITCHEN
DESIGN. - hall of columns
- royal armory
- throne room

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