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MIDDLE AGES
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Although the site of modern-day Madrid has been occupied since pre-historic times, in the Roman era this territory belonged to the diocese of Complutum (present-day Alcalá de Henares). There are archeological remains of a small village during the vis... |
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The Crown of Castile, with its capital at Toledo, and the Crown of Aragon, with its capital at Barcelona, were welded into modern Spain by the Catholic Monarchs (Queen Isabella of Castile and King Ferdinand II of Aragon).Skyscraper AZCA with snow. Sn... |
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FROM 19TH CENTURY TO PRESENT DAY
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In the late 19th century, Isabel II could not suppress the political tension that would lead to yet another revolt, the First Spanish Republic. This was later followed by the return of the monarchy to Madrid, then the creation of the Second Spanish R... |
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PALEONTOLOGY
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The city of Madrid has rich paleontological long before the appearance of human beings: in the middle Miocene, about 18 million years, which houses the Toledo Bridge fauna inhabited a warm, dry climate, highlighting the abundance of a type of hornles... |
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PREHISTORIC AND ROMAN
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Prehistoric and Roman:There Quaternary archaeological findings prove the existence of human population in the river terraces Manzanares, Jarama and Henares from the Paleolithic. Many of these places are known since the nineteenth century and are curr... |
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CHRISTIAN CONQUEST
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The city is repopulated with Christians, without thereby expel its population was Jewish and Muslim (although some Muslim religious buildings are requisitioned, in this way, the mosque becomes a church under the patronage of Santa María).In this very... |
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COMMUNITIES
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Communities:During 1520, the discomfort of the Castilian cities against Charles I is increased. In the courts of first convened in Santiago de Compostela and then in La Coruna, several cities, including Madrid is, refusing to rate the services that t... |
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THE CAPITAL AND THE HABSBURGS
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After quelling the revolt commoner, Carlos I in Madrid is generous and gives the titles of Coronado and Imperial, began the transformation of the old Arab fortress. When Francis I of France was captured in the battle of Pavia, the place of his captiv... |
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BAROQUE
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In 1601, Philip III, on the advice of his minister, the Duke of Lerma, ordered the relocation of the court to Valladolid, where he stayed five years, bringing back to Madrid in 1606. After this return, Felipe III makes some decisions that would be si... |
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BOURBON AND ILLUSTRATION
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On the death of Charles II, broke the Spanish Succession War, in which Madrid supported from the beginning to Philip of Anjou as Philip V. While the city was occupied in 1706 by the Anglo-Portuguese army, who proclaimed king of the Archduke Charles o... |
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