Discover two new cultural visits in Madrid: Bishop's Chapel and Cerralbo Museum

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Bishop's Chapel in the Straw Square in Madrid

If you are thinking visit Madrid In the next few weeks, or if you are from Madrid, now you have the opportunity to discover two new cultural visits that have been closed during the last years for rehabilitation, and that have recently been opened for visits.

I mean the Bishop's Chapel, located in the Plaza de la Paja, and the Cerralbo Museum, next to the Plaza of Spain.

1.- Bishop's Chapel in the Plaza de la Paja

In the central Straw Square you have the chance to discover a 16th century artistic jewel, which has been closed to the public in the last 30 years. It's about the Bishop's Chapel, located behind the church of San Andrés, which contains an impressive main altarpiece and spectacular graves.

Built by order of Francisco de Vargas and Medina, deprived of the Catholic Monarchs, as a funeral chapel to preserve the remains of San Isidro, normally only visit on Tuesday mornings in guided groups, and from February 3, also on Thursday afternoons.

To sign up for one of these groups, you must do the prior reservation at the Almudena Cathedral Museum, by email ([email protected]), or by calling 915.592.874. The price of tickets is only 2 euros.

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2.- Cerralbo Museum

He Cerralbo Museum You find it on Ventura Rodriguez Street, behind the north side of the Spain Square, and has just reopened to visits after being closed for renovations for four years.

It's about a late 19th century palace, whose construction was commissioned by Marquis of Cerralbo, in which you can see an English-style garden and an interior with a neo-baroque and rococo decoration. Its greatest attraction is in its great artistic collection of paintings, sculptures, furniture, tapestries ...

The visiting hours of the Cerralbo Museum in Madrid they are from Tuesday to Saturday, from 9.30 to 15 hours, and Sundays and holidays, from 10 to 15 hours, and the price of admission It is 3 euros.

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