Madrid Eyewitness Travel Guides

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B O [ B O B S F T B O U R B O N MADRID S ee pp 6 2–8 7 Street Finder ma p s 7, 8 BEY O ND MADRID See pp122–1 4 5 FURTHER AF IELD S ee pp 10 4 –11 9 C ENTRAL S PAIN Around La Castellana un C u C Bourbon Madrid on on [ F[ VF[ OKVF "SBOKV "SB 4FHPWJB 4FHPWJB 4 B 4JHàFO[B H (VBEBMBKBSB VB B MBKBS 5 P 5 5 S S JKP T ."%3*% 3*% " EYEWITNESS TRAVEL MAD RI D [...]...INTRODUCING MADRID FOUR GREAT DAYS IN MADRID 89 PUTTING MADRID ON THE MAP 1013 THE HISTORY OF MADRID 1423 MADRID AT A GLANCE 2433 MADRID THROUGH THE YEAR 3437 8 FOUR GREAT DAY S IN MADRID A A A lthough Madrid has quadrupled in size in the last 50 years, the places of real interest are still in the centre... Cortes 1498 Pigs banned from roaming 1361 Pogroms sweep (parliament) held in Madrid through Madrid s Jewish quarter freely in Madrid streets 1492 Moorish Granada falls; Columbus reaches America; Jews are expelled from Spain 1300 1350 1400 1450 1474 Supporters of Queen Isabel besiege Madrid 1339 Alfonso XI holds Cortes in Madrid 1434 Madrid buffeted by rain, hailstorms and floods for nine weeks 1478 Start... restoration – Juan Carlos I I N T R O D U C I N G M A D R I D 25 MADRID AT A GLANCE O ver 100 places of interest are described in the Madrid Area by Area and Beyond Madrid sections of this book The detailed catalogue of significant buildings and monuments traces the history of the city – beginning with the 16th- and 17th-century Habsburg Madrid ( Madrid de los Austrias”), as exemplified by the medieval Plaza... was securely in the French orbit Bullfighting in Madrid s Plaza Mayor in the 17th century 1600 Felipe III moves Spanish capital to Valladolid 1561 Felipe II establishes capital of Spain in Madrid 1605 Publication of Don Quixote 1701 Felipe V by Cervantes arrives in Madrid as first Bourbon king 1621 Felipe III dies, succeeded by Felipe IV 1600 1550 1520 Madrid joins Comunero rebellion of Castilian towns... Games in Barcelona, a world fair in Seville and Madrid s stint as the “European Capital of Culture” The 1980s were a time of euphoria and cultural Aerial image of present-day Madrid, a thriving metropolis 1966 Real Madrid soccer club wins its 6th European Cup 1960 1975 Franco dies; Juan Carlos I becomes king; Third Bourbon Restoration 1970 1973 Carrero 1965 Madrid university closed following student demonstrations... stood in the path of the above it, namely, game Thus Madrid advancing army According to one acquired its symbol – a bear (the story, the troops mistook it for the Church’s emblem) sniffing a tree TIMELINE 932 Christian king Ramiro II temporarily occupies Madrid 711 Moors invade Iberian peninsula AD700 800 756 Emir 1000 lay siege to Madrid 1100 1085 Madrid 852 Moors Mohamed I founds emirate of Córdoba... 1979, and died in 1986 He helped bring Madrid out of the grey dictatorial years by throwing his full support behind cultural events and progressive causes He was instrumental in making Madrid s San Isidro festival (see p34) the popular cultural event it is today Enrique Tierno Galván, mayor of Madrid in the post-Franco era I N T R O D U C I N G 30 M A D R I D Madrid s Best: Tabernas It coul establi... Telefónica building (see p49) completed 1955 Spain joins United Nations 1921 Madrid Metro opens 1910 1931 Second Republic established; Alfonso XIII goes into exile 1920 1930 1923 Primo de Rivera establishes dictatorship Nationalists lay siege to Madrid 1940 1950 1936 Civil War starts; 1939 Franco’s troops enter Primo de Rivera Madrid; Civil War ends 1953 Spain agrees to allow building of US bases on its... day out can all be undertaken on foot For the family day Brooch from a Madrid boutique you will need transport, but taxis are plentiful and cheap Almost all the places are crossreferenced so you can check out more details of each place in this guide before you set out The prices include cost of travel, food and admission fees OLD MADRID • Art treasures and monasteries • Tapas on Plaza de Oriente • The... southernmost point, and northern Morocco 75 I N T R O D U C I N G 12 M A D R I D Putting Madrid on the Map n adrid With a population of over 3 million, Madrid op ad id is the largest city in Spain It lies in the es t li centre of the Spanish meseta (high plain) Th h (h The surrounding area is known as the Comunidad de in n t ad Madrid, w while further afield are the provinces of d e th Guadalajara, Cuenca, . eyewitness travel guides s h o ppi ng r e stau r ants The Guides that show you what others only tell you art wa lk s f ie stas Madrid Area by Are a O LD MADRI D See. INTR O D UC IN G M A D RI D FOUR GREAT DAYS IN MADRID 8 9 P U TTIN G MADRID O N THE MAP 1 0 1 3 THE HI S T O RY O F MADRID 142 3 MADRID AT A G LAN C E 24 33 MADRID THR OUG H THE YEAR 3 4 37 8 H I S T O RY. Madrid on on [ F[ VF[ OKVF "SBOKV "SB 4FHPWJB 4FHPWJB 4 B 4JHàFO[B H (VBEBMBKBSB VB B MBKBS 5 P 5 5 S S JKP T ."%3*% 3*% " EYEWITNESS TRAVEL MAD RI D