MADRID
In the middle of the Iberian Peninsula for almost 700 mt.di height above sea level, in the heart of the plateau of Castile and the foot of the Sierra de Guadarrama, in addition to a historic city rich traditions, Madrid is also a modern city, full of striving for innovation. We realize that crossing the Torres Puerta de Europa, an extraordinary project of strong emotional impact that is located in the north of the city. Post symbolically at the entrance of Madrid, the Puerta de Europa Torres, consists of two towers that immediately affect their structure that seems inclined to deny the traditional design principles and subvert the laws of gravity. The building was designed taking into account relations with the axis of the Paseo de la Castellana, has a special role in the overall development plan of the area, becoming part of the design of a series of buildings along the avenue. This monument to contemporary architecture of Johnson & Burgee, DominguezyMartìn - 1996 - is a building for offices, with 24 floors, with underground parking and heliport. Madrid is the highest capital of Europe and those who arrive by land include how it represents a kind of oasis of greenery and freshness of the surrounding area in a landscape characterized by a more than arid. It is especially known for its nightlife, the night life that takes place in many places, but also and above all a city to explore by day, strolling through the wide boulevards, filled with plane trees, elegant and exclusive shops. The approximately 3,000,000 inhabitants of the city are mainly from tenants. A 13 km from the city is the Madrid Barajas airport. The reference stations are Chamartin Station, located to the north and the Atocha train station located to the south. Houses of Parliament and the English government, Madrid, is also the principal residence of the monarchy. Built on the site of an Arab fortress (the old Magerit), became the capital in lieu of Toledo in 1561, thanks to Philip II. The Madrid we know today began to form between the seventeenth and eighteenth century. Before becoming the capital that we all know was a rural town. The Royal Palace, built in the eighteenth century. also known as the Palace of the Orient, is currently used by the English Royal Family for official receptions. Nearby are the Plaza de la Armeria, the Almudena Cathedral, the Royal Gardens and Campo del Moro behind which lies the Segovia Bridge on the River Manzanares. The Plaza de Espana - whose center is located at the famous tattoo s-Cervantes is the starting point of the Gran Via. On either side there are the building Espana and Madrid 35-story tower, called the "giraffe". One of the most popular places in the city is the Puerta del Sol, from which the Preciados and Calle de la Calle del Carmen, two leading to the Plaza del Callao, where you log on to the Gran Via. Plaza Puerta del Sol Apart from the "kilometer zero", where we measure all distances of the roads in Spain. The square is where the Telephone Company Building, the first skyscraper in Madrid, and the sound of his famous clockwork, the people of Madrid are accustomed to greet the arrival of the new anno.Parque the Buen Retiro, a beautiful city park - where there is unlikely to get in touch with the many squirrels that freely circulate in-, is rich in vegetation as well as home to the Crystal Palace and the Palace of Velasquez, hosting important exhibitions. Walking around Madrid it is impossible not to visit the famous Prado Museum, built in neoclassical style in 1875, located along the Paseo same name, this offers an opportunity to see many masterpieces of pictorial art, among which stand for the number and beauty works by Goya and Velasquez, Murillo, El as well as numerous works of Greek, Botticelli, Titian and Rubens, etc .... He is currently an ongoing project for the expansion. Not far from the Prado are the Botanical Gardens and the Reina Sofia National Museum, where you can admire Dali JuanGris, Miro, Magritte, Chillida and the famous Guernica by Pablo Picasso, a symbol of pain and horror to the tragedy of war . The Museo Thyssen Bornemiza, has a rich private collection of 800 works belonging to Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza, and was opened in 1992. There are the works of Van Gogh, Mondrian, Bacon, Picasso, Monet, Linchtenstein. Works of the Russian of German post-war British art and Pop Art
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