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The Companion Guide to Madrid and Central Spain (Paperback, 4 Rev Ed)
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The Companion Guide to Madrid and Central Spain (Paperback, 4 Rev Ed)
Series: Companion Guides
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The history and culture of Madrid, the cluster of historical cities
at an easy distance (Segovia, Avila and Toledo) and the heartlands
of Castile - the core of Spanish civilisation. This book performs
with great thoroughness all the usual functions of a guidebook. But
it is much more than a mere inventory of buildings, paintings,
sculpture, routes and views, supplemented by appendices packed with
practical information. The authors - from their long experience and
deep knowledge of the country - are exceptionally well-equipped to
draw together into a coherent whole all the threads of history,
art, culture and recent developments. Theysteer you in most
rewarding directions, enlivening the hallowed hush of museum or
sacristy with an original interpretation of some great painter - El
Greco, Goya, Picasso - or an observation which suddenly illuminates
the seemingly unexceptional. Madrid, rather than just a political
capital at the geographical centre of the country, is revealed as a
true metropolis, genuinely representative of all the aspects and
regional variations of Spanish life. Its art collections are justly
renowned as superb. Add in the cluster of historical cities at an
easy distance (including Segovia, Avila and Toledo), to say nothing
of the lesser-known treasures and delights secreted in the
heartlands of Castile, and you have, within a manageable compass,
the core of Spanish civilisation.
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