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Real Observatorio de Madrid

Real Observatorio de Madrid
Photo: Emilio J. Rodríguez Posada, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)

The Royal Observatory of Madrid is a historic observatory situated on a small hill next to the Buen Retiro Park in Madrid, Spain. It was founded in 1790 and has been engaged in continuous scientific activity since then. It is currently the seat of the Spanish National Observatory and an active research group in geophysics, both belonging to the National Geographic Institute.

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Calle de Alfonso XII, 3

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