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Our tour begins at the Teatro
Real (17) built by Queen
Isabel II and remodeled and
inaugurated in 1997 as the
opera house. Nearby is the
Plaza de la Encarnación,
which is linked to the Plaza de
Oriente, where the 17th
century Monasterio de la
Encarnación (18) (Monastery
of the Incarnation) is found.
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Our itinerary begins in a
popular area. The Puerta de
Toledo (30) (Toledo Archway)
is located in the old quarter
of Madrid called La Latina,
which preserves the
traditional flavor of the old
part of the city. The archway
was a project of King José
Bonaparte and was built
between 1817 and 1827.
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The fountain in the Plaza de
Cibeles (35), surrounded by
some of the city’s most
important monuments, has
become an important symbol
of Madrid.
On the northwest corner of
the Calle Alcalá, half hidden
by shrubbery, we have a
view of the Cuartel General
del Ejército (36) (Military
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We start our tour at the Plaza
Mayor (1) (Main Square),
which takes its name at the
start of the 16th century. Juan
de Herrera was commissioned
to remodel the old square of
Arrabal, but construction
wasn’t begun until 1617 under
the direction of Juan Gómez
de Mora by order of Felipe III.
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