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Museo del Monasterio de las Descalzas Reales (Descalzes Reales Museum)

3, Plaza de las Descalzas, Madrid, Spain
Tel: +34 91 542 0059
 

This convent's museum houses an important collection of paintings, sculpture, tapestries and precious metalwork donated to the order during the reigns of Carlos I and Felipe II. Highlights include paintings by Zurbaran, Rubens and Titian, a sculpted sepulchre of Emperatriz Maria by Crescenci, Juan de Mena's sculptures and Leoni's marble mausoleum. It first opened to the public in 1960 and won the European Council's special Museum of the Year award in 1987. The 16th-century convent is home to a religious community of Franciscan nuns belonging to the order of St. Clare. Admission: EUR4.20; students, over-65s & under-18s: EUR1.80. Free for EU citizens on Wednesdays.

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