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Monument to Claudio Moyano

The Monument to Claudio Moyano is an instance of public art in , Spain. Designed by Agustín Querol and located at the Plaza del Emperador Carlos V, it consists of a bronze statue of Claudio Moyano, a 19th century statesman noted for the authorship of the 1857 Law of Education, put on top of a tall stone pedestal.
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  • Type: Work of art
  • Artwork type: statue
  • Description: monument in Madrid
  • Also known as: “Claudio Moyano”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Museum Reina Sofía and Real Jardín Botánico de Madrid.

Museum
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The Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía is Spain's national museum of 20th-century art. The museum was officially inaugurated on September 10, 1992, and is named for Queen Sofía. is situated 300 metres southwest of Monument to Claudio Moyano.

Garden
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is an 8 hectares botanical garden in . The public entrance is located at Plaza de Murillo, next to the .

Public building
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The Palace of Fomento, also known as the Ministry of Agriculture Building, is a nineteenth-century office building in , . Designed by Ricardo Velázquez Bosco, and built between 1893 and 1897, it is on a prominent site opposite Atocha railway station. is situated 110 metres southeast of Monument to Claudio Moyano.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Palos de la Frontera and Jerónimos.

Quarter
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is an administrative neighborhood of belonging to the district of . It has an area of 0.643542 km2.

Quarter
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Los is an administrative neighborhood of belonging to the district of . It is 1.900627 km² in size. The Retiro Park, the and the Prado Museum are located within its limits.

Quarter
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is an administrative ward of belonging to the district of .

Monument to Claudio Moyano

Latitude
40.40932° or 40° 24′ 34″ north
Longitude
-3.69151° or 3° 41′ 29″ west
Inception
1899
Open location code
8CGRC855+P9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 167301842
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­memorial
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­artwork
Open­Street­Map attribute
artwork_type=­statue
Wiki­data ID
Q52301686
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In Other Languages

From Breton to Tahitian—“Monument to Claudio Moyano” goes by many names.
  • Breton: “Claudio Moyano”
  • Catalan: “Claudio Moyano”
  • Corsican: “Claudio Moyano”
  • Danish: “Claudio Moyano”
  • Dutch: “Claudio Moyano”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كلاوديو مويانو”
  • French: “Claudio Moyano”
  • German: “Claudio Moyano”
  • Indonesian: “Claudio Moyano”
  • Italian: “Claudio Moyano”
  • Low German: “Claudio Moyano”
  • Portuguese: “Claudio Moyano”
  • Romanian: “Claudio Moyano”
  • Russian: “Памятник Клаудио Мояно”
  • Spanish: “Claudio Moyano”
  • Spanish: “Monumento a Claudio Moyano”
  • Swedish: “Claudio Moyano”
  • Tahitian: “Claudio Moyano”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Estación del Arte and Estanque de plantas acuáticas.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Monument to Claudio Moyano”. Photo: Asqueladd, CC BY-SA 3.0.