Royal Palace from Sabatini Gardens...

The Sabatini gardens were made in honor of Francesco Sabatini, architect that in the XVIII century did a great deal of works for the crown, the gardens were open to the public in 1978 and built in the early '900's in the place ocupied by the royal stables (built by sabatini). On ower day this garden is a must see for anyone visiting Madrid.

And before I forget (again) I'd like to thank Rakesh Vanamali who awarded 2 times in a row... :-)

As usual one gives what one receives, so I'll give this awards together too to 8 bloggeres...8 friends...

Rob of Trieste DP

Blognote of Arona DP

JM of Oeiras and environs DP

Pia K of Pomp & Serendipity and The World According to Pia

Marie-Noyale of Larchmont DP

Nobu of Tokyo Snap Photo and Funabashi Daily Cell Phone Photo

Olivier of Evry DP

Babzy of Babzy photos Blog

Royal Palace by Night...

Also called Orient palace is the biggest royal palace in western Europe it as 135.000m² and more than 3.000 rooms...
It's construction began in 1738, work of the architects Fillippo Juvara, Juan Bautista Sachetti, Ventura Rodriguez and Francesco Sabatini; but it was not untill 1964 that the king Carlos III (Charles III) could finaly live in his new "home"...

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LA NOCHE EN BLANCO

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The last 13th September Madrid celebrated the sleepless night, "La Noche en Blanco"... The were around 1.5 million people on the streets, and there was a lot of stuff to do and to see, from museums, to concerts, to street performances you name it...
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