Ladies roundabout!!!...

I was just out for a tranquil walk on the beautiful Paseo del Prado boulevard, when I saw this ladies!?... I thought: -What are they talking about?!... So I approached... but I didn't get anything!?... I rounded about... and still nothing the primordial theme they were talking just was out of my reach...:-) and I thought: -I have to post this!!!... and here they are :-) the ladies roundabout...

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.

Kids with bikes in front of the old Post building...

In a Sunday without cars you can get really unexpected images... thousands of cars pass right through here every day!!!...

the Old Post Building under warm sunset light...

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One of the most emblematic buildings of Madrid located in the Cibeles square is the Post and communications building 'Palacio de comunicaciones' or as most Madrileños say 'Correos or Edificio de Correos'. It dates from the early XX century and is the work of the architects Antonio Palacios and Joaquín Otamendi... Since 2007 the building is occupied buy the Madrid city town hall. Is a must see if your planning to visit Madrid...

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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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