This museum is recognised as one of the world's most important museums and is one of the most visited.

It has an impressive permanent collection with some of the best known masterpieces from the 16th to19th centuries. There are works from artists including Velázquez, El Greco, Goya and Hieronymus Bosch, among others.

Museo Nacional del Prado is one of the largest and most important art galleries in the world and exhibits European art in all its splendour.