Madrid
: Magerit (Arab); old alcázar -> : Madrid 1508: Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Alcalá de Henares -> Madrid 1836; 130,000 students) : Capital of Spain 1656: Felipe IV built wall around city (casco viejo) : 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; >) 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; >) Madrilene institutions
Plaza Mayor: Bullfights, executions, canonizations (50,000)
Plaza Mayor; statue of Felipe IV
Sabatini Gardens of Palacio Real: 18 th century
Plaza de Cibeles: 18 th 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