Museums and attractions inMadrid
Velázquez, Goya and Guernica, a short walk apart.
Madrid keeps its masterpieces close together. The Prado holds Velázquez, Goya and El Greco; a ten-minute walk down the same boulevard, the Reina Sofía hangs Picasso's Guernica among the Spanish art of the twentieth century.
Museums in Madrid
Museo Nacional del Prado
Founded 1819, Old masters to modern
European painting from the twelfth century to the early twentieth, with Velázquez, Goya and El Greco at its centre.
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Museo Reina Sofía
Founded 1992, Modern and contemporary
The Spanish national museum of twentieth-century and contemporary art, and the home of Picasso's Guernica.
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