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Monasterio de las Descalzas Reales vs Museo de America
Both Convent of the Royal Barefoot Nuns and Museum of the Americas are rated very highly by professional reviewers writing for major publications. Overall, Convent of the Royal Barefoot Nuns scores slightly higher than Museum of the Americas. Convent of the Royal Barefoot Nuns ranks #10 in Madrid with approval from 5 reviewers such as Frommer's, Fodor's and Michelin Guide.
Monasterio de las Descalzas Reales
Fodor's
Frommer's
Lonely Planet
Travel + Leisure
Michelin Guide
Plaza de las Descalzas Reales, s/n, 28013 Madrid
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Fodor's
"Its plain, brick-and-stone facade hides paintings by Francisco de Zurbarán, Titian, and Pieter Brueghel the Elder."
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Frommer's
"In the mid-16th century, aristocratic women -- either disappointed in love or "wanting to be the bride of Christ" -- stole away to this convent to take the veil."
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Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"The grim, prisonlike walls of this one-time palace keep modern Madrid at bay and offer no hint that behind the sober plateresque facade lies a sumptuous stronghold of the faith."
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Travel + Leisure
"This collection of fantastic, if occasionally brutally themed, religious art, including pieces by Peter Paul Rubens, is in an appropriately creaky and forbidding 16th-century working convent."
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Michelin Guide
2 Stars
"Home to a remarkable museum of religious art... also includes numerous canvases by Zurbarán, Bruegel the Elder."
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Museo de America
Lonely Planet
Time Out
Frommer's
Michelin Guide
Avenida de los Reyes Catolicos, 6, Madrid
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Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"Empire may have become a dirty word but it defined how Spain saw itself for centuries."
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Time Out
"This museum comprises the finest collection of pre-Columbian American art and artefacts in Europe, a combination of articles brought back at the time of the Conquest."
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Frommer's
"This museum near the university campus houses an outstanding collection of pre-Columbian, Spanish-American, and Native American art and artifacts."
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Michelin Guide
1 Star
"Includes a real gem: the Cortesano Manuscript, one of the rarest Mayan manuscripts to have survived... painted pictures decorated with mother-of-pearl, should not leave you indifferent either."
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