Pantheon of Illustrious Men

Pantheon of Illustrious Men
Native name Spanish: Panteón de Hombres Ilustres
Location	Madrid, Spain
Coordinates	40°24′22″N 3°41′01″W / 40.406063°N 3.683623°W / 40.406063; -3.683623Coordinates: 40°24′22″N 3°41′01″W / 40.406063°N 3.683623°W / 40.406063; -3.683623
Spanish Property of Cultural Interest
Official name Panteón de Hombres Ilustres
Type	Non-movable
Criteria	Monument
Designated	1992[1]
Reference #	RI-51-0007311
Location of Pantheon of Illustrious Men in Spain

The Pantheon of Illustrious Men (Spanish: Panteón de Hombres Ilustres) is a royal site in Madrid, under the administration of the Patrimonio Nacional. It was designed by Spanish architect Fernando Arbós y Tremanti, and is located in Basilica of Nuestra Señora de Atocha in the Retiro section of Madrid.

Notable interments

The pantheon houses the tombs of a number of famous Spaniards including:

• Leandro Fernández de Moratín (1760-1828), dramatist
• Francisco de Paula Martinez de la Rosa (1789-1862), prime minister
• Juan Álvarez Mendizábal (1790-1853), politician
• Antonio de los Ríos y Rosas (1812-1873), politician, whose tomb is designed by Pedro Estany
• Práxedes Mateo Sagasta (1825-1903), prime minister, whose tomb is the work of sculptor Mariano Benlliure
• Antonio Cánovas del Castillo (1828-1897), prime minister, by Catalan sculptor Agustí Querol Subirats
• Eduardo Dato e Iradier (1856-1921), prime minister, by sculptor Mariano Benlliure
• José Canalejas (1854-1912), prime minister, by sculptor Mariano Benlliure

Notable structures

The site also contains its own version of the statue of Liberty, an 1857 tomb designed by sculptors Federico Aparici, Ponciano Ponzano and Sabino Medina, moved here in 1912.

Gallery

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  Interior of the Pantheon of Illustrious Men

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  Tomb of six Spanish liberal politicians

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  Tomb of the Marqués del Duero

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  Tomb of Práxedes Mateo Sagasta

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  Tomb of Antonio de los Ríos y Rosas

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  Tomb of Eduardo Dato

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  Tomb of José Canalejas

References

External links

Media related to Pantheon of Illustrious Men at Wikimedia Commons

• Patrimonio Nacional | Pantheon of Illustrious Men

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