The world's largest private art gallery, thanks to...

The world's largest private art gallery, thanks to (say the decisive word ...) Carmen Servers (formerly "Miss Spain")
"reborn" into a delightful
State Art Gallery in Madrid ...? Yes. Exactly. Museum funds include more than a thousand works of art from the last 8 centuries. The German industrialist Baron Henry began to collect this collection in the 20s of the last century.
Thyssen-Bornemisza (he managed to acquire 525 paintings). After his death in 1947, works
went to the heirs ... Son
Baron - Hans decided to reassemble the collection ... It turned out, but there was catastrophically small space in the Favorite villa, in the Swiss town of Lugano ... In search of a new home for the treasures of painting, a choice, in a stubborn competition with other applicant countries , fell in Madrid (the best conditions were offered, well, and the patronage of the wife of the baron helped this choice ...). In 1993, Spain acquired the property (they say for 232 million pounds)
this collection ... Currently, in 16 new halls and 4 sections various schools and schools are represented
European painting ... A trip to this museum is interesting and required (free - on Mondays, from 12 to 16 hours).