© Carlos Delgado · CC BY-SA 3.0Community of MadridSpanienThe Community of Madrid sits at the heart of the Iberian Peninsula on the Central Plateau. Its boundaries match those of the province of Madrid, bordered by Castilla–La Mancha to the south and east and Castile and León to the north and west. The landscape rises from the Tagus River bed in the south to the peaks of the… read moreOpen place
© Zoser · CC BY 4.0BernabéuMadridBernabéu stadium stands in Madrid’s Chamartín district as a large football ground with a roof that opens and closes. It has been Real Madrid’s home since 1947 and now holds over eighty-three thousand seats after a recent update. The name honours Santiago Bernabéu, the club’s president who pushed for a bigger stadium… read moreOpen place
© Jean-Pierre Dalbéra · CC BY 2.0Biblioteca Nacional de EspañaMadridThe Biblioteca Nacional de España stands in Madrid on the Paseo de Recoletos, sharing its grand building with the National Archaeological Museum. Founded in 1711 by King Philip V as the Royal Library, it became the National Library in 1836. The library holds more than twenty-six million items, including fifteen… read moreOpen place
© Diario de Madrid · CC BY 4.0Vicente Calderón StadiumMadridThe Vicente Calderón was Atlético Madrid’s home stadium from 1966 until 2017. It stood beside the Manzanares river in the Arganzuela district of Madrid. Originally named Estadio Manzanares, it was renamed in 1972 after the club’s long-serving president Vicente Calderón. The stadium once seated 66,000 for the 1982… read moreOpen place
© Luis García (Zaqarbal) · CC BY-SA 3.0Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina SofíaMadridThe Museo Reina Sofía stands in Madrid’s Golden Triangle of Art, beside Atocha station. Its main building was once an 18th-century hospital designed by José de Hermosilla and Francisco Sabatini. After years as a hospital, the site was transformed through modern renovations that began in 1980. Architect Ian Ritchie… read moreOpen place
© Tim Adams · CC BY-SA 4.0Royal Palace of MadridMadridThe Royal Palace of Madrid stands in the centre of the city on Bailén Street, beside the Manzanares River. It is the largest royal palace in Western Europe, covering more than 135,000 square metres and containing 3,418 rooms. The site once held a Muslim-era fortress built in the 9th century, later turned into the… read moreOpen place
© Fernando · CC BY-SA 4.0Almudena CathedralMadridThe Almudena Cathedral stands in Madrid opposite the Royal Palace. Its construction began in 1883 and lasted more than a century, ending when Pope John Paul II consecrated the building in 1993. The cathedral occupies the site of a medieval mosque destroyed in 1083 during the reconquest of Madrid. Its exterior was… read moreOpen place
© Draceane · CC BY-SA 4.0Main SquareSolThe Plaza Mayor stands in the heart of Madrid, a large rectangular square built between 1580 and 1619 under Philip III. It replaced an earlier marketplace known as the Plaza del Arrabal, which had served the town since the 15th century. The surrounding buildings form a continuous façade punctuated by ten entrances and… read moreOpen place
© Kyle Magnuson from Los Angeles, United… · CC BY 2.0Thyssen-Bornemisza MuseumMadridThe Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum stands on Madrid’s Paseo del Prado, beside the Prado and Reina Sofía, forming the city’s ‘Golden Triangle of Art’. The building houses a private collection begun in the 1920s by Heinrich, Baron Thyssen-Bornemisza, who bought old master paintings from American collectors during the Great… read moreOpen place
© Luis García (Zaqarbal) · CC BY-SA 3.0Bank of SpainMadridThe Bank of Spain stands in Madrid on the corner of Calle de Alcalá and the Paseo del Prado. Its headquarters building began construction in 1884. The bank issues no currency now but once printed the peseta. It holds Spain’s gold reserves, including 283 tonnes stored in vaults in Madrid, London and New York. The… read moreOpen place
