Royal site in Madrid
Pantheon of Illustrious Men Location Madrid , Spain Owner Patrimonio Nacional Official name Panteón de Hombres Ilustres Type Non-movable Criteria Monument Designated 1992 Reference no. RI-51-0007311
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:
Leandro Fernández de Moratín (1760-1828), dramatistFrancisco de Paula Martinez de la Rosa (1789-1862), prime ministerJuan Álvarez Mendizábal (1790-1853), politicianAntonio de los Ríos y Rosas (1812-1873), politician, whose tomb is designed by Pedro EstanyPráxedes Mateo Sagasta (1825-1903), prime minister, whose tomb is the work of sculptor Mariano Benlliure Antonio Cánovas del Castillo (1828-1897), prime minister, by Catalan sculptor Agustí Querol Subirats Eduardo Dato e Iradier (1856-1921), prime minister, by sculptor Mariano Benlliure José Canalejas (1854-1912), prime minister, by sculptor Mariano Benlliure
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
Interior of the Pantheon of Illustrious Men
Tomb of six Spanish liberal politicians
Tomb of the Marqués del Duero
References
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External links
Pantheon of Illustrious Men at Wikimedia Commons
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