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Pantheon of Illustrious Men

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Location
  
Madrid, Spain

Criteria
  
Monument

Reference no.
  
RI-51-0007311

Phone
  
+34 914 54 87 00

Type
  
Non-movable

Designated
  
1992

Province
  
Community of Madrid

Pantheon of Illustrious Men

Address
  
Calle Julián Gayarre, 3, 28014 Madrid, Spain

Hours
  
Open today · 10AM–2PM, 4–6:30PMWednesday10AM–2PM, 4–6:30PMThursday10AM–2PM, 4–6:30PMFriday10AM–2PM, 4–6:30PMSaturday10AM–2PM, 4–6:30PMSunday10AM–3PMMondayClosedTuesday10AM–2PM, 4–6:30PMSuggest an edit

Similar
  
Basilica of Nuestra Señora d, Basilica of San Francisco, Church of San Manuel y, Church of San Andrés, Chapel of Obispo de Madrid

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.

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Notable interments

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

    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.

    References

    Pantheon of Illustrious Men Wikipedia