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Panoramic View of Madrid

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LocationThe city is located on the Manzanares River in the centre of both the country and the Community of Madrid (which comprises the city of Madrid, its conurbation and extended suburbs and villages); this community is bordered by the autonomous communities of Castile and León and Castile-La Mancha.

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Geographic Characteristic Despite the existence of a great city of 5 million

people, the Community of Madrid still retains some remarkably unspolit and diverse habitats and landscapes.

Madrid is home to mountain peaks rising above 2,000m, holm oak dehesas and low lying plains. The slopes of Guadarrama are cloaked in dense forests of Scot`s pine and Pyrenean oak. The Valle de Lozoya supports a large black (monk) vulture colony, and one of the last bastions of the Spanish Imperial Eagle in the world is found in the Park Regional del Suroeste in dehesa hills between the Gredos and Guadarrama ranges.

The recent possible detection of the existence of Iberian lynx in the area between the Cofio and Alberche rivers is testament to the biodiversity of the area. However, much of this is currently under threat as the Spanish capital continues to sprawl every outwards and upwards into the Sierra,

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History Madrid, originally called Mayrit, was founded by

the emir Muhammad at the end of the IX century. It was under the Arab occupation of the Iberian Peninsula, that the city gained importance, since initially the main city in the Spanish plain had been Toledo.

During the Reconquest of Spain by the Christians, Madrid passed from Muslim to Christian hands several times, it was the origin of the mixture of cultures which characterizes the city still today.

The present location of Madrid, in the centre of Spain, was established by the king Alfonso I in 1083. Under Christian control, all symbols of the Muslim world were removed from the city and part of the cultural heritage of Madrid was lost.

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Sightseeing

Royal Palace Royal Theatre

The Palacio Real de Madrid is the official residence of the Spanish Royal Family, but is only used for state ceremonies.

Teatro Real (Royal Theatre) or simply El Real is a major opera house.

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Sightseeing

Almudena Cathedral Plaza Mayor Square

Santa María la Real de La Almudena is the Catholic cathedral in Madrid, the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madrid. It was consecrated by Pope John Paul II in 1993.

The Plaza Mayor was built during Philip III's reign (1598–1621) and is a central plaza in the city of Madrid.7

Other Sights…  Prado Museum  Queen Sofía Museum  Gran Vía Avenue  Puerta del Sol  Thyssen Museum  Cibeles Square

Plaza España

 Alcalá Gate

 Santa Ana Square

 Jerome Church

 Santa Cruz Palace

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Special Characteristics

Country: Spain Language: Spanish Religion: Catholics Population: 3.3 million Culture: Galleries,

Museums, Theaters, Monasteries, Literature, Philosophers, Painters

Currency: Euro

Area: 698 sq. km

Population: 2.905.100

Government: Parliamentary Monarchy

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