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El Museo del Prado

fglorca

December 18, 2013 10:42 AM

El Museo del Prado

He ido a ver el Museo del Prado hoy.
He ido a ver El Museo del Prado hoy.

Which of the above should I go for, and why?
Thanks.

AngelicaDeAlquezar

December 18, 2013 12:36 PM

Rigurously, it should be "el museo del Prado", but taking the proper name of the museum "Museo del Prado" as a whole, then museum is capitalized. Never "el", unless it starts a sentence.
Take a look here for the exceptions about capitalizing the article.

fglorca

January 03, 2014 12:27 AM

Thank you for your reply AngelicaDeAlquezar.
I've heard native Spaniards saying el Museo del Prado. Are they incorrect so?

AngelicaDeAlquezar

January 03, 2014 10:17 AM

I meant that "el" is never capitalized.

fglorca

January 04, 2014 02:12 AM

Thanks a million, much appreciated.

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