The Historian · Martín · Madrid
Monasterio de las Descalzas Reales
It's the most astonishing interior in central Madrid and the one fewest visitors ever see. The painted staircase alone is worth the ticket.
A working convent founded by a Habsburg princess, hiding a staircase of dizzying frescoes, tapestries from Rubens designs and a treasury of royal art — behind a plain door on a central square.
— Martín, The Historian
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