Showing posts with label Paseo de Recoletos. Show all posts
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Monday, 20 October 2008

Cybele Statue Fountain



Right in front of the Old post office, on Castelar Square, there is the Statue Fountain of Cybele (Cibeles in Spanish)... The Fountain (designed by the architect Ventura Rodriguez) dates from 1782 and was first in front of the Prado museum. In the year 1895 it was moved to it's actual place.