Prado National Museum In Madrid

MADRID, SPAIN - SEPTEMBER 08: Entrance, Velazquez door, Museo del Prado, on September 8, in Madrid, Spain. The Museo Nacional del Prado was inaugurated in 1819 and throughout its centennial history, it has fulfilled the lofty mission of conserving, exhibiting and enriching the collections and works of art that, closely linked to the history of Spain, constitute one of the highest manifestations of artistic expression of recognized universal value. The building that today houses the art gallery, one of the most important in the world, was designed by the architect Juan de Villanueva in 1785, as the Cabinet of Natural Sciences, by order of the King of Spain Charles III. The meadow, an Asset of Cultural Interest, is uniquely rich in paintings by Spanish masters and various pictorial schools of the rest of Europe between the fifteenth and eighteenth centuries, and nineteenth century Spaniards. (Photo By Eduardo Parra/Europa Press via Getty Images)