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Museo Nacional del Prado

Prado Museum

Paseo del Prado, s/n, 28014 Madrid

Prado Museum · Archive photograph
Prado Museum · Archive photograph · Photographed on 2024-12-28 · Fernando · CC BY-SA 4.0

01 / Building stories

Read a building, discover a way of living.

The Prado stands on the Paseo del Arte and holds works by Velázquez, Goya and many others. Before entering, study its columns, steps and proportions.

You need not see everything. Choose a few galleries and let the building provide pauses between works.

Standing here, what do you see?

Compare columns and steps with human scale, and follow the actual entrance signs.

Documentary source ↓

02 / I Ching reflections

Da Xu · Gathering and choosing

Heaven held within a mountain invites reflection on how collections sustain learning.

26Da Xu
Da Xu · Gathering and choosingAbove: Gen · Mountain. Below: Qian · Heaven. Read six lines from bottom to top ↑. Solid: yang; Broken: yin.

Above: Gen · Mountain

Below: Qian · Heaven

Read six lines from bottom to top ↑

Solid: yangBroken: yin

Zhou Yi · Commentary on the Image · Chinese excerpt

天在山中,大畜。

Heaven is within the mountain: Da Xu.

Original text and context ↗

Read the figure first

Expanse held in a limited form brings accumulation and use together. Collections, skills and facilities require sustained care; meaningful accumulation also makes understanding, access and transmission possible.

Original text and context

The excerpt gives a natural image from the classic. Its application to this building is Xiaoxiong's contemporary proposal, not architectural intent or evidence of historical influence.

Return to the building

Clues in the space

The entrance gathers visitors; galleries divide attention among works.

Observe on site

Compare columns and steps with human scale, and follow the actual entrance signs.

Take it into daily life

After gathering, choose what deserves your attention today.

A question for the Bench

Which detail would you like to remember today?

Go to the Bench →

Cultural reading, not divination. The connection is editorial and does not establish historical I Ching influence.

03 / Nearby life

After the building, a meal close by.

Find a table nearby · filters and directions →

Dining map records within three kilometres in a straight line of the reference point. Walls, railways and slopes may lengthen the journey. Check the entrance and whether the business is open.

The map may omit businesses. Records do not confirm trading status, menus or bookings. Records with an address are shown by default; you can include the others.

04 / The travellers’ Bench

Passing through? Leave a sentence.

Which detail would you like to remember today?

Open this building’s Bench →

Sources and photo licence

About the building

Visit information

Location and distances

Prado Museum: 40.413810, -3.692524. Used to find what is nearby; the public entrance is not yet confirmed.

Photo source and licence

Fernando · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original photograph page ↗

Cropped preview; see the original photograph. The photograph does not confirm the venue’s present condition.

Sources consulted: 2026-11-04