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'''''Madrid''''' is the capital of [[Spain]]. We live (in [[Tres Cantos]]) and work (at the [[Universidad Autónoma de Madrid]]) at a close distance from it.
 
'''''Madrid''''' is the capital of [[Spain]]. We live (in [[Tres Cantos]]) and work (at the [[Universidad Autónoma de Madrid]]) at a close distance from it.
  
The satellite view below show the extent of the city from the ''Palacio Real'' on the left to ''el Retiro'' on the right.
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The satellite view below show the extent of the city from the ''Palacio Real'' on the left to ''el Retiro'' on the right. Cutting the city in two like a river, the aptly named ''calle Mayor'' meets with the ''Puerta del sol'' after it grazed by the imposing ''Plaza mayor'' (a gigantic depletion in the layout of roofs), and continues afterwards as the never ending ''calle de Alcala'' through the famous ''Cibeles''.
  
 
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<center><googlemap lat="40.416273" lon="-3.703594" type="satellite" zoom="15" controls="small" width="730" height="600" scrollwheel="zoom">

Revision as of 22:46, 2 February 2013

Madrid

Madrid is the capital of Spain. We live (in Tres Cantos) and work (at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid) at a close distance from it.

The satellite view below show the extent of the city from the Palacio Real on the left to el Retiro on the right. Cutting the city in two like a river, the aptly named calle Mayor meets with the Puerta del sol after it grazed by the imposing Plaza mayor (a gigantic depletion in the layout of roofs), and continues afterwards as the never ending calle de Alcala through the famous Cibeles.

<googlemap lat="40.416273" lon="-3.703594" type="satellite" zoom="15" controls="small" width="730" height="600" scrollwheel="zoom"> </googlemap>

Comunidad de Madrid

By Madrid is often understood the Comunidad de Madrid which encompasses the following municipalities (all of them together gathering a total of 14% of the Spanish population):