The official residence of the Spanish royal family, this impressive building is now
used mostly for state activities, while the family resides just outside Madrid in
Zarzuela. The baroque art of the vast palace interiors includes an impressive assortment
of gilded mirrors, fleur-de-lis insignia embroidered in the carpets, opulent tapestries,
paintings and thrones, porcelains, furniture and the only complete Stradivarius string quintet
in the world.