The Pantheon of illustrious men of Madrid: Funerary sculpture from the 19th and 20th centuries.
Tour description
Hello again!
I am an art historian and I would like to present my new tour of the PANTHEON OF ILLUSTRIOUS MEN OF Madrid , which in addition to being a beautiful neo-Byzantine building, contains within it some of the most impressive funerary monuments in our city.
Sculptors of the stature of Mariano Benlliure, Pedro Estany, Agustín Querol... are the protagonists of our tour.
WHAT WILL WE SEE?
FUNERAL MONUMENTS OF GREAT POLITICIANS OF THE 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY
1. THE MARQUIS OF DUERO: THE ALTARPIECE-TYPE PORTRAIT
2. MATEO SAGASTA: THE REALISM OF BENLLIURE
3. JOSE CANALEJAS: MURDER AT THE PUERTA DEL SOL
4. EDUARDO DATO: MURDER AT THE GATE OF ALCALÁ.
5. ROSES RIVER TOMB
6. CÁNOVAS DEL CASTILLO AND ITS BEAUTIFUL RELIEFS
I AM PASSIONATE ABOUT SCULPTURE, SO… YOU WILL SURELY ENJOY IT!