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MADRID Information: MUSEUMS IN THE ROYAL PALACE |
| If visitors have a few hours to spare and enjoy looking at delicate furniture, wood carvings, tapestries and porcelain all in the French taste that prevailed throughout the 18 Ii and part of the 19th centuries, they will certainly not be disappointed by the wealth of decoration in the palace. The great State Dining Room, lit by 15 crystal chandeliers, with its table for 145 guests; the lovely Royal Chapel, planned by Sachetti and re-designed by Ventura Rodrfguez, the small ante-rooms, the decorative art collections, all provide such a wealth of detail that they can be overpowering. Visitors will surely be pleased to lighten the load by walking through some of the plainer rooms. There is one housing a fabulous collection of Stadivariuses, including two violas, two violins and a cello made by the famous lutierfrom Cremona. 
The Museum of Paintings is situated in one of the ample corners of the palace, and fills several rooms with a succession of canvases by Italian, Flemish and Spanish painters. The collection includes the impressive picture of Salome holding the head of the Baptist by Caravaggio, as well as others by Velazquez, Goya, Brueghel, lucas Jordan, Teniers and Van der Weyden, among the many artists represented there. Apart from the central body of the palace, visitors can also see two curious collections which have their entrance in Armerfa Square: The Royal Pharmacy and the Museum of the Royal Arms. The first one displays a host of jars from down the ages, carefully lined up on shelves, plus a still room with the retorts and stills, flasks and mortars used to make medicines in the 18th century, and which would not look out of place in an alchemist's, rather than a pharmacy. At the other end of the square, the arms museum is quite different. Here are gathered helmets, shields, clubs, crossbows, pistols and various artefacts for war.  There are also suits of armour, from that belonging to Philip the Fair (Felipe el Hermoso), to others belonging to kings and princes. There is even one worn by a hound. A Museum of Royal Collections is going to be built in early 2005, between the Almudena Cathedral and the Royal Palace, on the gardens of the Campo del Moro. Among its many treasures will be armour, carriages, and most especially, the best collection of tapestries in the world, consisting of over 3,000 pieces. |
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