Museo de Cera
Wax figure on La Rambla near the Museo de Cera
The Museo de Cera ( Spanish for wax museum ) of the city of Madrid is a museum in which famous people from the fields of entertainment, sports, art, science, literature or history, as well as life-size film characters are shown. Events in Spanish history are also reconstructed in wax .
The opening took place in 1972.
exhibition
The 450 figures on display include:
- Fidel Castro
- Mary Poppins
- Benedict XVI.
- Superman
- The Catholic Kings
- Cleopatra
- Cervantes , while Don Quixote writes
- General Franco
- the Spanish royal family and head of government Zapatero
- Bart Simpson
- Bullfighter Manolete fighting his opponent
- the Beatles
- Harry Potter
- Montserrat Caballé
- Football star Fernando Torres
- Football star Raúl González Blanco
There is also the Chamber of Horrors, and the multi-vision room in which Carlos I tells the history of Spain . Finally, a ghost train takes guests into the world of monsters.
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Coordinates: 40 ° 25 ′ 28 " N , 3 ° 41 ′ 29" W