Madrid wikipedia in english
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The history of the Community of Madrid is very recent. The province was constituted administratively in the 19th century and, at the end of the 20th century, it became a uniprovincial autonomous community. However, there are some earlier historical milestones, decisive for the definition of the current profile of the autonomous community:
The current territory of the Community of Madrid was populated since the Lower Paleolithic, mainly with regard to the interfluvial valleys of the Manzanares, Jarama and Henares rivers, where abundant and rich archaeological sites have been found. Among the most important remains that have been found, the bell-shaped vase of Ciempozuelos, which has given its name to a special type of pottery (dating from the Early Bronze Age, between 1979 B.C. and 1970 B.C.), stands out. Cave paintings and engravings have also been discovered in La Pedriza, in the municipality of Manzanares el Real, and in the Reguerillo cave, in Patones.
During the Roman Empire, the region was integrated into the province of Citerior Tarraconense, except for the southwestern part, in the Alberche, which belonged to Lusitania. It was crossed by two important Roman roads, the XXIV-XXIX (from Astorga to Laminium) and the XXV (from Augusta Emerita to Caesaraugusta), and had some important cities. The city of Complutum (Alcalá de Henares) reached a certain relevance until the Lower Empire, while Titulcia and Miaccum, at the foot of the sierra, stood out as crossroads.
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To the northeast of the historic center, the oldest area of the district was ordered by the Castro Plan of 1860, this plan being surpassed in 1927, when it was completely urbanized. La Guindalera and Fuente del Berro form part of the development outside the ring roads.
In the area framed by Villanueva, Claudio Coello and Goya streets, the characteristic houses of the architect Lecumberri are preserved, with wide carriage gates, interior courtyards and a maximum height between 3 and 4 floors. There is a building from the Ensanche period, from the beginning of the 20th century on Villanueva Street between Lagasca and Claudio Coello, which was once a hotel and is still preserved in its original state.
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It is an influential cultural center and has museums of international reference, including the Prado Museum, the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, the Thyssen-Bornemisza and CaixaForum Madrid, which occupy, respectively, the 14th, 10th, 67th and 79th place among the most visited museums in the world. [28] The Prado Museum is considered the largest art gallery in the world. 29] Since July 2021, the Paseo del Prado, the Retiro Park and the Jerónimos neighborhood have been included in the list of World Heritage Sites by Unesco, forming the so-called Landscape of Light, a landscape of arts and sciences, with its museums and institutions. 30]
Although it is possible that during the Roman period the territory of Madrid did not constitute more than a rural region, benefited by the situation of crossroads and natural wealth, the discovery of the remains of a basilica of the Hispano-Visigothic period in the surroundings of the church of Santa María de la Almudena[46] has been presented as evidence of the existence of an urban settlement in that period. Other archaeological evidence of the presence of a stable population in Madrid can be found in the remains of two Visigothic necropolises, one in the old colony of the Conde de Vallellano -paseo de Extremadura, next to the Casa de Campo- and another in Tetuán de las Victorias. Within the medieval quarter a rather deteriorated tombstone was found with the legend, never completed and interpreted in various ways, but which could indicate the presence of a stable population as early as the 7th century:
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Capital y Municipio en la Comunidad de Madrid, EspañaMadridCapital y MunicipioDesde arriba a la izquierda: Gran Vía, Plaza Mayor, distritos comerciales de AZCA y CTBA, Puerta de Alcalá y Palacio Real, Catedral de la Almudena
Madrid (/məˈdrɪd/ mə-DRID, español: [maˈðɾið])[n. 1] es la capital y la ciudad más poblada de España. Tiene casi 3,4 millones[8] de habitantes y una población en el área metropolitana de aproximadamente 6,7 millones. Es la segunda ciudad más grande de la Unión Europea (UE), sólo superada por Berlín en sus límites administrativos, y su área metropolitana monocéntrica es la segunda más grande de la UE, sólo superada por París[9][10][11] El municipio tiene una superficie geográfica de 604,3 km2[12].
Madrid se encuentra a orillas del río Manzanares, en el centro de la Península Ibérica. Capital de España (casi sin interrupción desde 1561) y de la Comunidad Autónoma de Madrid (desde 1983),[13] es también el centro político, económico y cultural del país[14] El alcalde es José Luis Martínez-Almeida, del Partido Popular.
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