# Plaza de Oriente

Madrid, Spain

An elegant garden square between the Royal Palace and the opera house, ringed by statues of early Spanish kings. At its center, Philip the Fourth rides a rearing bronze horse, an engineering puzzle said to have drawn advice from Galileo himself.

## Roots Earth

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Coordinates: 40.41833889, -3.71258611

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