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ROYAL PALACE

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Calle Bailén, Madrid, Spain
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2024
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The 3,000 rooms of the Royal Palace are an unmissable visit to a Madrid getaway. A palace in all its splendour!

The beauty of this building lies mainly in the brilliance of its stones, white stone and granite, and the perfect quadrilateral formed by its facades. The king no longer resides here, but holds certain official visits. The entrance is opposite the magnificent Almudena Cathedral and promises a superb journey through Spanish history thanks to a palace with no less than 3,000 rooms. Once occupied by a royal wooden fortress, the Alcazar, built during the period of Arab domination, burned down in 1734 along with more than 300 works by Dürer, Rubens, Van Dyck, Titian and Velázquez, the site was reused four years later for the construction of the new palace, this time in stone. Philip V, the first king of Spain to descend from a Bourbon (he was the grandson of Louis XIV), took advantage of the opportunity to rebuild a palace more to his taste: he preferred Versailles to the wooden Alcazar! The Italian Juan Bautista Sachetti was commissioned to define the shape of the palace, while the architects Ventura Rodríguez and Francisco Sabatini took charge of its construction. The neoclassical building stands on a promontory overlooking the Manzanares River. The rather austere façade contrasts with the interior of the palace, which has Baroque-style rooms. Works by Rubens, Caravaggio, Goya, Velázquez, El Greco, a vast collection of Flemish and Spanish tapestries, sculptures and clocks adorn the interior. Its gardens and exteriors are magnificent and worth a visit. Do not miss the changing of the guard.

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remifute
Visited in october 2022
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Palais Royal de Madrid
La plus belle visite à faire à Madrid. Le bâtiment est absolument majestueux et les salles à l’intérieur sont somptueuses. Je recommande vivement !
CATHALAN
Visited in march 2022
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Incontournable
Une visite obligatoire car c'est toujours le palais royal de l'Espagne.
Il y a de très belles pièces et l'armurerie est superbe.
Faire une résa pour éviter trop d'attente.
shana67
Visited in december 2021
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Une de mes visites préférées à Madrid. Décoration intérieure riche mais hétéroclite. L'armurerie est impressionnante et regroupe une très belle collection. Le coucher de soleil depuis le balcon au-dessus des jardins est superbe.
Roro2108
Visited in november 2019
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Tout simplement magnifique
Palais magnifique très bien conservé. Un voyage dans le temps mémorable. Il est plus que préférable de réserver à l'avance, le jours où nous sommes allés, nous aurions perdu facilement 1 heure à faire la queue pour y accéder
Visited in december 2019
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Un palais surprenant
Pensez à acheter vos billets sur internet en avance pour ne pas avoir à faire la queue pendant plus d'une heure. Nous avions acheté nos billets en avance et en 5 minutes nous étions entrés et prêts pour la visite. Nous avons pris l'audiguide qui nous a fournit des informations intéressantes. L'extérieur du palais est simple mais à l'intérieur les pièces sont très richement décorées et dans des styles différents ce qui rend le palais surprenant et beau a visiter. Je recommande vivement. Nous avons fait la visite en 2h30 en prenant tout notre temps. Vous pouvez visiter plus rapidement en 1h

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