> In which capital city can you find the Prado Museum, famous for featuring worksby Spanish artists?And the answer: Madrid. Located in Spain's capital city of Madrid, the Prado Museum (in Spanish: Museodel Prado) is one of the most visited museums in the world. It's known for itsextensive collection of Spanish art, with works by Francisco Goya and DiegoVelázquez.Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons.Spain's National Art Museum, unaware of theprestige it would soon accumulate, opened its doors to the public in 1819. Afterbeing designed by Juan de Villanueva in 1785 for other purposes, Queen MariaIsabel de Braganza encouraged her husband Ferdinand VII to repurpose thebuilding to become the Royal Museum of Paintings and Sculptures. Ultimately,after the end of the Napoleonic Wars, it became just that: with 1,510 paintingson its walls, the museum was first known as the Royal Museum, then the NationalMuseum of Painting and Sculpture, and finally the Museo Nacional del Prado.Just 100 years after opening its doors, the Prado had accumulated so much artthat it was forced to open a new wing. In fact, the collection of the Prado isso large that only 1/7th of its art is on display at any given time. The Prado'swalls are lined with masterpieces from the Spanish, Italian, and Flemishschools, including Velázquez’ Las Meninas and Goya’s Third of May, 1808. Plentyof Picasso's paintings find a home at the Prado as well. Its collectioncomprises 8,600 paintings and over 1,000 sculptures. In 2020, the Prado was the16th most-visited museum in the world. See the Prado for yourself below.