The Historian · Martín · Madrid
Panteón de Hombres Ilustres
Almost nobody goes here, and it's one of the most moving spaces in the city — marble tombs and a quiet cloister where the politicians who built modern Spain lie under sculpted grief.
A neo-Byzantine mausoleum holding the elaborate tombs of 19th-century statesmen, with a serene cloister, beside Atocha. One of the most beautiful, least-visited corners in Madrid.
— Martín, The Historian
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