Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid

Benefiting from a recent expansion by over 50%, the Centro de Arte Reina Sofía; museoreinasofia.mcu.es; Métro: Atocha), is a beautiful and well-designed gallery of Spanish modern art.

The museum proudly offers modern exhibition halls, an impressive book store and a photographic library. The museum is sold short if you only come to see Picasso's masterpiece, Guernica. Rivaling the size of the side of a semi-truck trailer, you will likely need 15-30 minutes to take all of the detail.

Located just a few minutes walk from the Prado and the Thyssen-Bornemisza, the remodel of this museum was handled by Jean Nouvel, a French architect, rather than Rafael Moneo that was the architect for the Reina Sofía's neighbors, Atocha station across the street and the Prado, located on the same street, Paseo del Prado.

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