Madrid Attractions
Guernica by Picasso
Reina Sofia National Art Centre Museum
The third of Madrid's famed art galleries, the Reina Sofia, is
dedicated to 20th century Spanish art, having been designed to give
Spain a museum to equal France's Pompidou Centre and London's Tate
Gallery. The museum was opened by Queen Sofia in 1986, and is
housed in the former Hospital de San Carlos. The artworks displayed
here include those of Juan Gris, Salvador Dali, Joan Miro and Pablo
Picasso. The star attraction of the museum is Picasso's
controversial
Guernica, depicting the Nazi bombing of the
Basque town in 1937 in support of Franco's cause in the Spanish
Civil War. Until 1980 this painting hung in New York's Museum of
Modern Art.
Address: 52 Calle Santa Isabel;
Website: www.museoreinasofia.es;
Telephone: 91 774 1000;
Opening time: Monday to Saturday 10am and 9pm, and on Sundays between 10am and 2.30pm. Closed on Tuesdays;
Admission: €6; concessions available. Free on Saturdays from 2.30pm to 9pm and Sundays
