Madrid Top Art Museums
The Reina Sofia Museum is the Prado’s modern art counterpart. It’s must-see piece is Picasso’s famous Guernica, a somber and moving depiction of the bombimg of a small Basque town by the Nazis.
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Madrid’s Royal Changing of the Guard
The palace is still the official residence of the Spanish royal family although it now used only for state ceremonies. The palace contains almost 3,500 rooms is the largest royal palace in Europe.
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Relic Wars: collecting cultural monuments
The friezes were hacked off by Lord Elgin 200 years ago and have become a central part of the British museum’s antiquities collection.
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Art Trails: Lisbon
The Portugese capital, Lisbon, is home to a wide and eclectic range of art museums. Many have sprung up since it was named European City of Culture in 1994.
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Russia v Finland: The Winter War
It began with a Soviet invasion of Finland in November 1939, and ended just over three months later
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