Quite simply the most important art museum in Spain. Go for the huge concentration of masterpieces, among them Spanish Romanesque murals, Gothic altarpieces, Renaissance sculptures and the world’s greatest collection of works by Hieronymus Bosch – plus plenty of El Greco, and Dürer’s extraordinary 1498 ‘Self-Portrait’. Don’t miss the Velázquez Rooms, featuring the artist’s massive state portraits of Felipe IV and his court, with pride of place taken by the timeless ‘Las Meninas’.
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