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About Madrid Travel Guide, Spain December 28, 2005 Madrid Guide HOME Add to Favorites Recommend Us Madrid Reisefhrer City Presentation Madrid History Towns & Cities Useful Information The Weather Local Festivals Where To Go? Itineraries Excursions Madrid Parks Madrid Museums Rent a Car Real Estate Apartments Hotels - Hostels Restaurants What to do? Sports Spanish in Madrid Shopping Nightlife Food & Drink Sponsors don Quijote Madrid Property Costa Blanca Online Madrid Postcards Madrid Links Madrid Maps Forums Contact Us! Site Map All About Spain Spain Guide Madrid Guide Barcelona Guide Valencia Guide Seville Guide Granada Guide Salamanca Guide Tenerife Guide Guanajuato Guide Malaga Guide Alicante Guide Estepona Guide Marbella Guide SPONSORED BY: Learn Spanish Sponsored links: Presentation of the city Cibeles Gran Vía The capital of Spain, located in the heart of the peninsula and right in the center of the Castillian plain 646 meters above sea level, has a population of over three million. A cosmopolitan city, a business center, headquarters for the Public Administration, Government, Spanish Parliament and the home of the Spanish Royal Family, Madrid also plays a major role in both the banking and industrial sectors. Most of its industry is located in the Southern fringe of the city, where important textile, food and metal working factories are clustered. Madrid is characterized by intense cultural and artistic activity and a very lively nightlife. The grand metropolis of Madrid can trace its origins to the times of Arab Emir Mohamed I (852-886), who ordered the construction of a fortress on the left bank of the Manzanares river. Later it became the subject of a dispute between the Christians and Arabs until it was conquered by Alonso VI in the 11th century. At the end of the 17th century, a defensive wall was built for the protection of the new outlying areas, tracing the roads of Segovia, Toledo and Valencia. During the 18th century, under the reign of Carlos III, were designed the great arteries of the city, such as the Paseo del Prado and Paseo las Acacias. Palacio de Cristal Retiro At the beginning of the 19th century, Joseph Bonaparte undertook the reform of the Puerta del Sol and vicinity. The commercial street known as the Gran Va was built as an east-west avenue at the start of the century. In the 1950's the north-south boulevard called Paseo de la Castellana was extended and modern buildings were erected, housing the major financial institutions. Remainings of the distant past are mainly the Baroque and neoclassical strcutures of the 17th and 18th centuries, such as the Plaza Mayor (Main Square), the Palacio Real (Royal Palace) and others which will be described later during our guide of the city. Sponsored Links Spanish Courses Aboutmadrid.com: sponsored by Madrid Spanish Language School don Quijote offers you the best Spanish courses in Madrid. Work in Spain Work in Spain and finance your own stay abroad Why just visit Spain when you can LIVE Spain, working to cover your expenses while you stay for 2 months...for 6 months, for a year it's your choice! Web site promotion by Internet Advantage Spain Madrid Barcelona Valencia Seville Granada Salamanca Tenerife Guanajuato Málaga About Madrid, Your Traveller Guide 2005 - Link to this page X Close this window If you want to link to this page copy the following HTML code and paste it on your website: <a href="http://www.aboutmadrid.com/index.asp">About Madrid Travel Guide, Spain</a> Madrid travel guide featuring Madrid itineraries, Madrid monuments, Madrid hotels, Madrid pubs, Madrid museums, Madrid maps, Madrid parks and things to do in the City of Madrid.. - Hostels in Madrid
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