Location
40° 26' 49.0092" N, 3° 36' 12.6576" W
Madrid is the capital of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.2 million. Madrid possesses a modern infrastructure, but has preserved the look and feel of many of its historic neighborhoods and streets. Important places are the huge Royal Palace of Madrid; the Teatro Real (Royal theatre) with its restored 1850 Opera House; the Buen Retiro park, founded in 1631; the imposing 19th-century National Library building (founded in 1712) containing some of Spain's historical archives; an archaeological museum of international reputation; and three superb art museums: Prado Museum, which hosts one of the finest art collections in the world, the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, a museum of modern art, and the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, housed in the renovated Villahermosa Palace.
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