Pantheon of Illustrious Men
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Pantheon of Illustrious Men | |
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Panteón de Hombres Ilustres | |
General information | |
Location | Madrid, Spain |
Owner | Patrimonio Nacional |
Official name | Panteón de Hombres Ilustres |
Type | Non-movable |
Criteria | Monument |
Designated | 1992 |
Reference no. | RI-51-0007311 |
The Pantheon of Illustrious Men (Spanish: Panteón de Hombres Ilustres) is a royal site in Madrid, under the administration of the Patrimonio Nacional. It was designed by Spanish architect Fernando Arbós y Tremanti, and is located in Basilica of Nuestra Señora de Atocha in the Retiro section of Madrid.
Notable interments
[edit]The pantheon houses the tombs of a number of famous Spaniards including:
- Leandro Fernández de Moratín (1760-1828), dramatist
- Francisco de Paula Martinez de la Rosa (1789-1862), prime minister
- Juan Álvarez Mendizábal (1790-1853), politician
- Antonio de los Ríos y Rosas (1812-1873), politician, whose tomb is designed by Pedro Estany
- Práxedes Mateo Sagasta (1825-1903), prime minister, whose tomb is the work of sculptor Mariano Benlliure
- Antonio Cánovas del Castillo (1828-1897), prime minister, by Catalan sculptor Agustí Querol Subirats
- Eduardo Dato e Iradier (1856-1921), prime minister, by sculptor Mariano Benlliure
- José Canalejas (1854-1912), prime minister, by sculptor Mariano Benlliure
Notable structures
[edit]The site also contains its own version of the statue of Liberty, an 1857 tomb designed by sculptors Federico Aparici, Ponciano Ponzano and Sabino Medina, moved here in 1912.
Gallery
[edit]- Interior of the Pantheon of Illustrious Men
- Tomb of six Spanish liberal politicians
- Tomb of the Marqués del Duero
- Tomb of Práxedes Mateo Sagasta
- Tomb of Antonio de los Ríos y Rosas
- Tomb of Eduardo Dato
- Tomb of José Canalejas
- Tomb of Antonio Cánovas
References
[edit]External links
[edit]Media related to Pantheon of Illustrious Men at Wikimedia Commons
- ^ Baumert, Thomas; Márquez, Carmen Paradinas; Padilla, Andrés Sánchez (2020-07-03). A History of Spanish Institutions. ESIC Editorial. ISBN 978-84-17914-89-9.