Eureka, Escuela de Español

Madrid is rife with renowned and impressive art, housed in its prestigious institutions such as the Museo del Prado and the Museo de la Reina Sofia. In this post we are going to focus solely on three works of art, the most famous worldwide, which are currently housed in Madrid. These three paintings are Guernica  by Pablo Picasso, The Garden of Earthly Delights by Hieronymus Bosch, and Las Meninas by Diego Velázquez. At the end of the post you can also find a list of other important works which are worth seeing whilst in Madrid. Guernica , Pablo Picasso, 1937 "In the panel on which I am working, which I call Guernica, I clearly express my abhorrence of the military caste which has sunk Spain into an ocean of pain and death." Picasso Guernica by Pablo Picasso is one of the most famous examples of 20th century Spanish art. It is currently housed in the Museo Reina Sofia, after an initial showing in Paris, a subsequent international exhibition, and then temporary housing in the ...

For many language learners out there, living and studying in a city that speaks the language is an invaluable experience. The opportunity to immerse yourself in the culture and be constantly surrounded by the language hugely exacerbates the learning process. When I decided that I wanted to learn Spanish, and to do so in a short space of time, I was certain that finding an opportunity to move to Madrid for a few months would be the best idea. In the current moment, with all the complications that COVID brings to international travel, I was uncertain if I would even be able to get out of London. I had already spent months in lockdown trying to familiarise myself with the basics of Spanish grammar, learning through textbooks and websites. At this point, I started researching language schools and opportunities to take Spanish classes in Madrid, and I found Eureka. Offering  immersive language classes , along with accomodation nearby and internship placements, this seemed like the answe...

Imagen tomada desde esMADRID.com Después de la guerra de Sucesión (1700-1714) se produjo el ascenso a la Corona española de los Borbones, quienes llevaron a cabo una profunda reforma en muchos aspectos de la vida española y, también, en la arquitectura, algo que quedó bien reflejado en Madrid. Una de las de mayor repercusión es quizás la necesidad de dotarse de un   Estado fuertemente centralizado , en el que se hace necesario, por tanto, ejercer el gobierno desde una gran capital, al estilo fundamentalmente del París francés de Luis XIV . De los monarcas borbónicos, será   Carlos III quien tenga mayor influencia sobre la fisonomía de la capital, siendo conocido como "el mejor alcalde de Madrid". Realizó el primer ensanche, en el sector meridional, con las amplias avenidas y paseos de Acacias, Delicias, Melancólicos, Olmos y Chopera, mandó construir la actual   Puerta de Alcalá , los Paseos de la Castellana, Recoletos y Prado y el   Museo del Prado . D...