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Palacio de Velázquez is located in the Parque del Buen Retiro in Madrid's
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It is a large neoclassical, red-brick-and-tile building covered with iron vaults and glass to naturally illuminate the rooms. It was built between 1881 and 1883, for the
National Exhibition to display the achievements in the field of mining, metallurgy, ceramics, glass-making and mineral water
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