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The Art-Filled Spanish Palace That Went Up In Flames On Christmas Eve

Lost Masterpieces

On Christmas Eve, 1734, an inferno destroyed the Alcázar palace in Madrid, with masterpieces by Titian, da Vinci, Rubens, Bosch, Raphael, El Greco and Velázquez lost to the flames.

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Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast

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