Madrid, explained
The Real Fábrica de Tapices is Madrid’s royal tapestry workshop, founded in 1721 to supply the Spanish crown with woven hangings. It is not a museum in the usual sense: it is a working factory, still weaving and restoring tapestries on traditional looms, on a site near Atocha where it has operated for most of … Read more
Matadero Madrid is a cultural centre in the Arganzuela district, built on the site of the city’s former municipal slaughterhouse and livestock market. The complex was constructed in the early twentieth century to process the meat supply for a growing capital, functioned as an abattoir into the late twentieth century, and was converted by Madrid’s … Read more
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