Low Cost Accommodation Madrid
THE CITY
Madrid, capital city of Spain and the Community of Madrid. It is located a few miles from the geographical center of the Iberian peninsula by the river Manzanares. The average height of the city is about 600 meters sea level osbre standing on a plateau.
Its climate is continental Mediterranean, with a temperature whose annual average is 13 º C, but has a wide range of temperatures: in summer produce maximum exceeding sometimes 40 ° C, while January temperature down to 5 º C. Rainfall is scarce (450 mm), with peaks in autumn and spring.
Only 46.6% of its inhabitants were born in the city, which means that the growth experienced during the last forty years mainly due to an extraordinary immigration that has influenced many aspects of civic life.
It is not known with certainty the date of the founding of the city, although it is known in Roman times and there was a small nucleus. The Muslims built a fortress here which they called Magerit word from which its present name. Around this walled area would be developed later, the town of Madrid. Alfonso VI took place in 1083 and transformed the mosque next to the barns (almudaina) of the town in a church dedicated to the Virgen de la Almudena.
During the Middle Ages its population exceeded 3,000. In the year 1268 an epidemic killed nearly uninhabited. From the fifteenth century Madrid became the place of residence, intermittently, many Spanish kings until the establishment of the court in this town under the reign of Philip II, in 1561, given its location in the center Peninsula. This boosted its population growth and, therefore, urban development, in principle messy, so arose the suburbs outside the medieval walls and built numerous palaces and public buildings. But it was Philip III who cemented the city as seat of government of the Crown. The population was in the early seventeenth century more than 80,000 inhabitants. Were the Bourbons, especially Carlos III, who gave the town and cut its peak with the expansion of its perimeter, creating rides, sanitation and numerous monuments, among which the Royal Palace, El Prado, the Parque del Retiro, Cibeles and Neptune and others.
In the early twentieth century came the first areas relatively far from the center: Moncloa, and Tetuan Ciudad Lineal. During the Second Republic was built and boosted University City Paseo de la Castellana by placing there the Nuevos Ministerios. The great growth of the city occurred in the last thirty years, with the creation of new districts that have passed extensive third belt construction (Highway M-30). Today the town continues to grow, especially towards the west and south, which has necessitated the construction of two new belts, the M-40 and M-50, the latter still unfinished, which is the definition of a new perimeter urban.
The administrative, financial, trade and services in general are the main economic activities in the city. Madrid is the seat of government and, therefore, of major administrative units of the State. Have important financial activity, the host of major banks and have the first stock exchange in the country. Plants also houses many of the major companies operating in the country. Its residential function is evident, although in recent years, many residents are setting their home in nearby towns. To all this must be added the industrial and craft activities.
Madrid is also a great cultural center, home to numerous institutions of this kind and a place where they have numerous artistic and scientific conferences. Emphasizes its educational role, as schools and colleges has nearly all the races. Is the center of an incessant flow of tourism that fosters a strong hospitality and catering sector. Tourist influx caused in large part by his famous and exciting nightlife since the early 80's, with the emergence of what was called "Movida Madriñeña", has put this city in modern Europe.
Madrid also has many monuments and important buildings, among which the Royal Palace. Is notable churches, like San Isidro, San Francisco el Grande, San Jerónimo el Real, the Royal Salesians and the Church of the Calatravas; convents, like the Barefoot Royals or the Incarnation; sources, such as Cibeles , civic buildings, like the doors of Alcalá and Toledo, the Palace of Communications, City Hall, the impressive Plaza Mayor and the emblematic Puerta del Sol, where the representation of the symbols of the city: the bear and the arbutus. But perhaps the museums are the main attraction of the city, the most prominent are: the Museo del Prado, considered one of the three major museums worldwide, the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in the Villahermosa Palace, and Museum Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía.
OUR ACCOMMODATIONS
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