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