Spain's Prado museum launches new Internet site

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MADRID (AFP) — Spain's Prado museum launched a more detailed version of its Internet site Monday ahead of the opening at the end of the month of a long-awaited new annex which will extend floor space by half.

Available in 12 languages, www.museodelprado.es provides online access to a greater number of works that comprise the Madrid museum's vast collection as well as a search engine that eases consultation of its database.

The Prado houses works from some of Spain's most important artists such as Velazquez and Goya as well as other pre-20th century masters like El Greco.

It owns roughly 8,000 paintings, of which 1,000 are on display.

A just completed five-year expansion and renovation project, the biggest in the museum's 200-year history, added new...