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Madrid
854-1073: Magerit (Arab); old alcázar -> 1734
1083-1561: Madrid
1508: Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Alcalá de Henares -> Madrid 1836; 130,000 students)
1561-2003: Capital of Spain
1656: Felipe IV built wall around city (casco viejo)
1738-1765: Palacio Real built (neoclassical)
1919: El metro (Madrid subway)
1983: Capital of Comunidad Autónoma de Madrid
2003: population 2,882,000 (#1 in Spain)
Madrid
Museo Nacional del Prado (classical; 1819)
Museo Reina Sofía (modern; “Guernica”)
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza (European masters)
Biblioteca Nacional (7,000,000 volumes; 1860 ->)
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (1968)
Universidad de Alcalá (1977)
Palacio Real (palace, armory, research library; 1738)
Royal Opera House (1850 / 1997)
Real Academia Española (1713; RAE)
Parque del Buen Retiro (central park; 1534 ->)
Madrilene institutions
Plaza Mayor: 1617-1619Bullfights, executions, canonizations (50,000)
Plaza Mayor; statue of Felipe IV
Sabatini Gardens of Palacio Real: 18th century
Plaza de Cibeles: 18th century for Roman goddess of nature Cybele (Age of Reason)
Roma ethnic minority (gypsies); population 500,000 to 1,000,000
3 Romani women in Madrid
La Gran Vía (main street… like Higuera…)
Plaza de toros de Ventas (25,000)
Soccer / fútbol
Plaza de Neptuno; Basílica de San Jerónimo (1499); El Prado
El Prado
Statue of Carlos V
Main hall (galería) on second floor (primera planta)
1563: El Escorial: palace, cathedral, monastery, art gallery, library; royal mausoleum