Pantheon of Illustrious Men

Pantheon of Illustrious Men
Pantheon of Illustrious Men
Native name; Spanish: Panteón de Hombres Ilustres
Location	Madrid, Spain
Coordinates	40°24′22″N 3°41′01″W / 40.406063°N 3.683623°W
Spanish Cultural Heritage
Official name	Panteón de Hombres Ilustres
Type	Non-movable
Criteria	Monument
Designated	1992
Reference no.	RI-51-0007311
	Location of Pantheon of Illustrious Men in Spain

The Pantheon of Illustrious Men (Spanish: Panteón de Hombres Ilustres) is a royal site in Madrid, under the administration of the Patrimonio Nacional. It was designed by Spanish architect Fernando Arbós y Tremanti, and is located in Basilica of Nuestra Señora de Atocha in the Retiro section of Madrid.

Notable interments

The pantheon houses the tombs of a number of famous Spaniards including:

Leandro Fernández de Moratín (1760-1828), dramatist
Francisco de Paula Martinez de la Rosa (1789-1862), prime minister
Juan Álvarez Mendizábal (1790-1853), politician
Antonio de los Ríos y Rosas (1812-1873), politician, whose tomb is designed by Pedro Estany
Práxedes Mateo Sagasta (1825-1903), prime minister, whose tomb is the work of sculptor Mariano Benlliure
Antonio Cánovas del Castillo (1828-1897), prime minister, by Catalan sculptor Agustí Querol Subirats
Eduardo Dato e Iradier (1856-1921), prime minister, by sculptor Mariano Benlliure
José Canalejas (1854-1912), prime minister, by sculptor Mariano Benlliure

Notable structures

The site also contains its own version of the statue of Liberty, an 1857 tomb designed by sculptors Federico Aparici, Ponciano Ponzano and Sabino Medina, moved here in 1912.