We will be sad to leave such wonderful city!
I think we made the most of our last day here. We walked to the Plaza Mayor, The Royal Palace and The Botanical Gardens. This crying man/baby was performing along with a lot of other unusual characters, in the center of the rather large Plaza Mayor.
Cal picks up a sailor and he loses his head over her...
...me too. Oh, well. He's not really my type. I think he might be an air head.
The Plaza Mayor measures 423' x 308' and has 237 balconies of residential housing facing in on the Plaza. It was built during the 17th century. It's multifunctional uses have included a market area, as well as for bullfights and executions. The ground level houses shops and eateries under porticos that support three stories of residential apartment homes. It's also a major tourist attraction!
In the center of the square is a statue of King Philip III
Our next stop took us to the Almudena Cathedral, where we waited in line to see The Royal Palace.
The cathedral was started in 1883 and finished in 1993. Wow!
It is thought to have been built on the site of a medieval mosque.
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