Pantheon of Illustrious Men

Pantheon of Illustrious Men
Panteón de Hombres Ilustres
General information
Location	Madrid, Spain
Owner	Patrimonio Nacional
Spanish Cultural Heritage
Official name	Panteón de Hombres Ilustres
Type	Non-movable
Criteria	Monument
Designated	1992
Reference no.	RI-51-0007311

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
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  Tomb of Antonio Cánovas

References

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External links

Media related to Pantheon of Illustrious Men at Wikimedia Commons

• Patrimonio Nacional | Pantheon of Illustrious Men

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Spanish Royal sites

Royal sites of the
Patrimonio Nacional

Royal Palaces	Madrid El Escorial El Pardo (Zarzuela) Aranjuez La Granja de San Ildefonso Riofrío Alcázar of Seville: Upper Apartments La Almudaina
Monasteries	Convent of Las Descalzas Reales Convent of La Encarnación Convent of Santa Clara Abbey of Santa María la Real de Las Huelgas
Other	Casita del Príncipe (El Escorial) Casita del Príncipe (El Pardo) Casita del Infante Pantheon of Illustrious Men Convent of San Pascual Convent of Santa Isabel Colegio de Doncellas Nobles

Former
Royal Palaces¹

• Alcázar of Segovia
• Alcázar of the Caliphs of Córdoba
• Alcázar of the Catholic Monarchs
• Alhambra
• Aljafería
• Buen Retiro Palace
• Castle Alcázar of Segorbe
• Castle of Bellver
• Castle of Burgos
• Del Real Palace
• Generalife
• Madinat al-Zahra
• Miramar Palace
• Monastery of Yuste
• Palace of Charles V
• Palacio de la Magdalena
• El Quexigal
• Palacio de la Ribera
• Royal Palace of Estella
• Royal Palace of Olite
• Royal Palace of Perpignan
• Royal Palace of Pedralbes
• Palau Reial Major
• Palacio Real de Valladolid
• Royal Alcázar of Madrid
• Torre de la Parada
• Valldemossa Charterhouse

Former
Sub-national seats

• Castel Nuovo
• Royal Palace of Naples
• Palazzo dei Normanni
• Palazzo Regio
• Edificio de las Casas reales
• Palacio del Virrey (present-day the National Palace)
• Palacio de los Capitanes Generales de Cuba
• Palacio de los Capitanes Generales de Guatemala
• Palacio de Pizarro
• Palacio del Fuerte de Buenos Aires
• Palacio Real de Quito
• Palacio Virreinal de Santa Fé de Bogotá
• Palacio del Gobernador de Agaña
• Palacio del Gobernador de las Filipinas
• Palacio de los Gobernadores de Nuevo México
• Royal Palace of Brussels

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