Prado Museum
Located in central Madrid and featuring one of the world's finest collections of European art dating from the 12th century to the early 19th century, the Museo del Prado is the main Spanish national art museum. Founded as a museum of paintings and sculpture in 1819, El Prado is one of the most visited sites in the world and is considered one the greatest museums of art in the world. With numerous works by Francisco de Goya, as well as by Diego Velázquez, El Greco, Titian, Peter Paul Rubens and Hieronymus Bosch, the collection currently comprises around 7,600 paintings, 1,000 sculptures, 4,800 prints and 8,200 drawings, in addition to a large number of other works of art and historic documents.