Treasures of Madrid and Bilbao, Spain

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$10.00

Claire Cross, M.A., Art History, University of Chicago - Visit Madrid, a mighty city of internationally known art museums, royal palaces, vast elegant government buildings, passionate flamenco dancing, and world-famous artists such as El Greco (who captured the Spanish soul), Diego de Silva Velazquez (the painter to kings), and Francisco de Goya. In their paintings you can see the history of Spain.  In Bilbao, there is Frank Gehry's stunning and revolutionary Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, made of limestone, glass and titanium - an icon of modernism for the 21st century - as well as the astonishing parabolic bridge by Santiago Calatravo. - $10 member; $12 non-member