“La medida del tiempo” Exhibition at the Royal Palace

The Royal Palace in Madrid inaugurates today, 25^th October 2011, an attractive and interesting exhibition called The Measure of Time (La Medida del Tiempo), that will stay open to the public until 15^th of January 2012.

The exhibition, that encompasses more than 50 clocks that belonged to the Kings and Queens of the Spanish court of the 18^th century, can be visited from Monday to Sunday from 10am till 6pm. The Palace will stay closed only on 9^th November, 24^th, 25^th and 31^st of December and 1^st and 6^th of January 2012.

The ticket price is 4 Euros, with reductions for students and senior citizens who will pay only 2 Euros.

The exhibit is organized chronologically, following the king who bought the clocks: Phillip V, Ferdinand VI, Charles III and Charles IV, who was nicknamed the clockmaker king.

Categories: Arte y cultura