This is Spain's most prestigious art institution. It is in the heart of Madrid, on the Calle de Alcalá, a broad tree-lined avenue running east from the city's principal square, the Puerta del Sol, to the "cathedral of bullfighting", Las Ventas. Motto: La Suma de Todos (The Sum of Everyone) Location Coordinates: Country Spain Autonomous Community Comunidad Autónoma de Madrid Province Madrid Administrative Divisions 21 Neighborhoods 127 Founded 9th century Government  - Mayor Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón (PP) Area  - Land 607 km² (234. ... Puerta del Sol, from left to right, the House of the Post Office, Calle Mayor and the statue of Charles III The Puerta del Sol (Spanish for Sun Gate) is one of the most well known and busiest places in Madrid. ... Las Ventas bullring Las Ventas is a famous bullring in Madrid. ...

The academy was established by royal decree in 1744. About twenty years later, the enlightened monarch, Charles III purchased a former Baroque palace and commissioned architect Diego de Villanueva to convert it for academic use. Doubling as a museum and gallery, today it houses a fine art collection of Spanish paintings from the 15th to 19th century. The academy is also the headquarters of the Madrid Academy of Art. enlightened desportism is the act when a prist lies in order to become better in the eyes of the churchEnlightened absolutism (also known as benevolent or enlightened despotism) is a form of despotism in which rulers were influenced by the Enlightenment, a historical period. ... Charles III of Spain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...

Its directors have included Francisco Goya and its students Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dalí. Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (March 30, 1746 – April 16, 1828) was a Spanish painter and printmaker. ... Pablo Ruiz Picasso (October 25, 1881 – April 8, 1973) was a Spanish painter and sculptor. ... Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dalí Domènech Marquis of Pubol (May 11, 1904 – January 23, 1989), popularly known as Salvador Dalí, was a Spanish (Catalan) artist and one of the most important painters of the 20th century. ...

External links

• Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando website (in Spanish)
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