Pantheon of Illustrious Men

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Pantheon of Illustrious Men
Native name
Spanish: Panteón de Hombres Ilustres
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Location Madrid, Spain
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Official name: Panteón de Hombres Ilustres
Type Non-movable
Criteria Monument
Designated 1992[1]
Reference no. RI-51-0007311
Pantheon of Illustrious Men is located in Spain
Pantheon of Illustrious Men
Location of Pantheon of Illustrious Men in Spain

The Pantheon of Illustrious Men (Spanish: Panteón de Hombres Ilustres) is a royal site in Madrid, under the administration of the Patrimonio Nacional. It was designed by Spanish architect Fernando Arbós y Tremanti, and is located in Basilica of Nuestra Señora de Atocha in the Retiro section of Madrid.

Notable interments

The pantheon houses the tombs of a number of famous Spaniards including:

Notable structures

The site also contains its own version of the statue of Liberty, an 1857 tomb designed by sculptors Federico Aparici, Ponciano Ponzano and Sabino Medina, moved here in 1912.

Gallery

References

External links

Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons


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