At this Madrid time it undergoes a fundamental transformation, initiated by Jose Bonaparte, with its intention to widen the internal layout with a great avenue, was continued by Isabel II, remodelando the Door of the Sun, creating boulevards and forming the districts of Salamanca and the Linear City.
This route could be begun in the Seat of East, visiting the Real Theater, be crossed the Door of the Sun, to arrive at the street of the Prado, where he is the Athenian, literary and artistic center of the capital, the Congress of the Deputies, the Theater of the Zarzuela and the Bank of Spain. By this route we arrived at the Museum of the Prado, whose pinacoteca is one of most important of the world. Its visit him can occupy everything a day. it is arrived here at the most beautiful park from many that Madrid has, the Park of the Retirement, where they emphasize the Crystal Palace, the Palace of Velazquez and its great lake, that can be crossed in rented boats. It is in the stroll of the Castilian where better the Madrilenian architecture of our century can be appreciated. In the seat of Columbus, are the Gardens of the Discovery, with a monument to Cristobal Colon and gigantic sculptures, crowning with a cascade the entrance of the Cultural Center of Villa where it will be able to enjoy concerts and representations all the nights.
From here, following the Castilian towards the north, it will descry great and interesting skyscrapers like the Towers of Columbus, the Building of the Union and the Fenix, the Bankunión Building, the Adriatica, the Insurance agency of the West, the Caixa, and the Palace of Congresses and Exhibitions, among others, being from special curiosity the Museum of Sculptures outdoors, under the flyover on the Castilian.
I capitulate very special constitute works made in 1980-1990, like the Market of the Door of Toledo, rehabilitating the old central market of fish; the Public square of the Station of Atocha, whose structure of iron and crystal a new one has been added to him; before the this last Center of Art Queen Sofia; remodeling of the old hospital of San Carlos, to whom one has added structures to him acristaladas in his outside. And finally, in little meters, we found a concentration interesting: the Windsor Building, tower raised on other buildings that serve to him as plinth; the Picasso Tower, work of Yamasaki, with 150 m.s of height; Sollube building, of great aesthetic originality and; and the Europe Tower, of great visual impact, as much by the structure of the facade like by its metallic ornamentos.