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flanks the massive but controversial Almudena impressive dining room, used for state banquets,
Cathedral. Once home to a lively court, the seats over 100 guests for formal dinners.
palace no longer reigns as the official residence Royalty that called the palace home spared no
of the Spanish monarch. The current royal family expense, adorning sumptuous rooms with rare
enjoys the privacy of Zarzuela Palace, located woods and marbles, priceless tapestries, rare
just outside the city.. clocks and massive gold and crystal chandelies..
While state offices fill most of the 3000 rooms, Frescos by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Corrado
they still use the enormous main royal rooms for Giaquinto and Anton Raphael Mengs brighten
official ceremonies and other major events. The ceilings while paintings by famous artists like

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