Parterre, Jardin de Buen Retiro

By royal decree

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August 31st 2014
We are now in Madrid, centre of Royal and Catholic Spain with its magnificent palaces and plazas, baroque architecture and wonderful art galleries. Unfortunately neither the Palacio Real, where we began our Madrid tour yesterday, nor the Museo del Prado which we visited today, allows photos so you will just have to take my word for the beauties we are seeing inside and see photos of the plazas, bu ... read more

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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