Who was entrusted with the construction of the Reina Sofia Museum? The construction of the famous Museum of Contemporary Art Reina Sofia, which was built around the former hospital of San Carlos, was respectively entrusted to the architects José de Hermosilla and Francesco Sabatini.
Who is Queen Sofia? Sofía of Greece was the queen of Spain and the wife of King Juan Carlos I. The Reina Sofia Museum bears her name in her memory.