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The Prado museum in Madrid, Spain houses a collection of over one thousand three hundred paintings along with hundreds and thousands of other objects of art. The Prado is centrally located near best Madrid Hotels and resturaunts. As expected one can see the worlds finest collection of Spanish paintings anywhere. There are 5000 drawings, 2000 prints 1000 coins and medals and nearly 2000 decorative objects on display. Artists on display include: Valazquez, Goya El Greco, Murillo, Ribera, Zutbaran, Bosch, Titian, Rubens, Raphael, Joachim, Mantegna, ZBotticelli, Caravaggio, Reni, Durer, Rembrandt, Gentileschi, Artemisia, Veronese, Grien, Angelico and more. SOme famous works on display are Picasso’s famous Guernica, Bosch’s Garden of Earthly Delights and Velazquez Les Meninas. The main building of the museum was built during the reign if Charles III. Construction began in 1785. The building was dedicated as a national museum in 1819 under the disposition of Isabella II. In 1900 the main building was added onto in the back. Between then and 1960 two near by buildings were Incorporated into the over all structure further expanding the building. These new galleries house modern art and changing exhibits. Under the patronage of the Spanish royalty the collection was amassed. During the Span’s Civil war the museum staff removed 353 paintings and the Dauphin’s Treasures and sent them to Valencia for safe keeping. They were then moved to Girona and Geneva until the war ended. The art was returned to Spain via night train through France at the commencement of World War II. In 2007 the museum did the Moneo’s project to expand its exposition room to 16,000 square meters. The hope was to increase visitors from .8 million annually to 2.5 million annually. The museum is impressive and houses a collection of art unparalleled in the world.

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