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...But by the time it was completed in 1819, the then monarch, Ferdinand VII, decided that the royal art collection (shaped by his predecessors Charles V and Philip II) should be exhibited instead....
...Best yet, it’s all available online and can be shipped internationally. shop.zeitzmocaa.museum Rima Suqi Prado Museum, Madrid The Prado’s main shop, Tienda Prado, isn’t exactly charming in itself, possessing...
...Covered with gilt and dimly lit with candles . . . powerful or banal/Monuments of riches or repression . . . the Escorial/Cold for ever within like the heart of Philip . . . and in the Prado half/Wit princes...
...The historic Mandarin Oriental Ritz, opened in 1910 several blocks away near the Prado museum, will reopen later this year after a thorough renovation....
...Prado, Travessa das Pedras Negras 2, 1100-404 Lisbon (pradorestaurante.com) If weren’t a designer, I would be something that involved swimming underwater. I don’t know what – perhaps a scuba diver?...
...Museo Nacional del Prado, Calle Ruiz de Alarcón, 28014 (+34913-302 800; museodelprado.es)....
...Returning from the Louvre and the Prado, these are outstanding highlights....
...Another highlight from the Louvre is Titian’s “Supper at Emmaus” (c. 1530), while the Prado will send “Charles V with a Dog” (1533) by the same artist....
...(He was court painter to Holy Roman Emperor Charles V.) By his death in 1576 he was the most important artist in Europe, yet we know very little about him other than his preoccupation with money....
...Today, Bolivia’s military guard the entrance to the v-shaped valley that hosts the cluster of adobe shacks that feed the mine....
...Philip V manoeuvring his horse as “expertly” as his kingdom was a pure fiction, of course – his kingdom was a shambles....
...The V&A offers 60 superb drawings from British collections, many rarely, or never, seen in public....
...The epidemic could be pulling gross domestic product growth down by as much as 1.5 percentage points in 10 years’ time, according to V.P. Rao, an NCAER economist....
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