Paseo del Prado

Paseo del Prado
Paseo del Prado
Native name; Spanish: Paseo del Prado
Location	Madrid, Spain
Coordinates	40°24′51″N 3°41′37″W / 40.414061°N 3.693688°W
Europe and North America
Spanish Cultural Heritage
Official name	Paseo del Prado
Type	Non-movable
Criteria	Monument
Designated	1999
Reference no.	RI-51-0004725
	Location of Paseo del Prado in Spain

The Paseo del Prado is one of the main

UNESCO World Heritage Site with Buen Retiro Park

.

Description

This densely tree-lined, wide and central avenue is a landmark for the city residents and the location of important cultural and tourist spots in the city, including the so-called Golden Triangle of Art, which encompasses three museums: the

Congreso de los Diputados

(the national congress).

The Paseo del Prado boulevard includes several monuments and enclosures that are of historical and artistic interest, erected in the eighteenth century for the Hall of Prado urban project. Numerous ornamental and landscaping grounds were constructed for this project. The highlights of this project include the

Ventura Rodriguez, depicting Neptune, Cibeles and Apollo.^{[citation needed}

]

A controversial project of thorough reform and revitalization of the Paseo del Prado and the Paseo de Recoletos, known as Plan Especial Recoletos-Prado and authored by an international team of architects led by

Álvaro Siza,^[1] was approved by the city council on 23 June 2005, but as of December 2010 its environmental impact study is still underway^[2]

and reconstruction has not been initiated.