The family of Carlos IV by Goya. The man in the back left is a self portrait

Madrid in a day

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October 3rd 2016
03 October 2016 By taxi and train we got into Madrid fairly early and managed to fit in many of the main sights in the day. Earlier in this trip we visited Guernica which was destroyed by bombing in the Spanish Civil War. Picasso produced a large and very famous painting depicting the anguish caused by the event. It is displayed at the Centro de Arte Reina and as we particularly wante ... read more

Europe » Spain

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Spain's powerful world empire of the 16th and 17th centuries ultimately yielded command of the seas to England. Subsequent failure to embrace the mercantile and industrial revolutions caused the country to fall behind Britain, France, and Germany in ... ... read more