El Escorial, or the Royal Site of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, or Monasterio del Escorial, is a historical residence of the King of Spain located in the town of San Lorenzo de El Escorial in Spain (the Community of Madrid), 2 km from the town of El Escorial…

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The Royal Palace of El Pardo is a historic building in the community of Madrid, Spain, in the present-day district of Fuencarral-El Pardo. It is owned by the Spanish state and administered by the Patrimonio Nacional agency. It serves as the state guest house…

Chinchón is a municipality and town in the southeast of the Community of Madrid, in the Las Vegas comarca (Spain). In 1974 its historic center, with a notable main square, was declared a Historic-Artistic Site. Since 2017 Chinchón has been a part of the network “The…

Nuevo Baztán is a municipality belonging to the Community of Madrid (Spain) located in the Cuenca del Henares region, located 50 km east of Madrid. The historic center has its beginnings in the period from 1709 to 1713 as the residence of the workers of a…

The castle of Villarejo de Salvanés is located in the homonymous municipality, in the southeastern area of the Community of Madrid (Spain). It is part of the Historic-Artistic Complex of this town, according to the declaration of 1974. Although only the keep…

66,938 sq. m, 7 hangars, 200 aircrafts and helicopters Museum of Aeronautics and Astronautics (Sp. Museo de Aeronáutica y Astronáutica), also known as Air Museum (Museo del Aire), is an aviation museum located near Madrid, at Madrid–Cuatro Vientos Airport…

The ski resort Puerto Navacerrada is located in the Community of Madrid (Spain). The Navacerrada Pass is a mountain pass in the Guadarrama Mountains, in the centre of the Iberian Peninsula. In 1788, it replaced the Fuenfría Pass as mountain pass in the route…

Centro is a district of Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain. It is approximately 5.23 km2 (2.02 sq mi) in size. It has a population of 149,718 people and a population density of 28,587 people/km2 (74,040 people/sq mi). It roughly corresponds to the bulk of…

Madrid, the capital of Spain and the Community of Madrid, is divided into 21 districts, which are further subdivided into 131 administrative wards. Additional neighborhoods exist outside the boundaries of administrative borders. Each district is governed…

Arganzuela (2nd District of Madrid) is a district of the city of Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain, which includes the territory east of the Manzanares River and entirely within the perimeter of the M-30. It borders, to the north and northeast, the districts…

Retiro is a 3d district belonging to the city of the city of Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain, administratively organized into the neighborhoods of Pacífico (31), Adelfas (32), Estrella (33), Ibiza (34), Jerónimos (35) and Niño Jesús (36). This district…

Ibiza (officially in Catalan: Eivissa) is a Spanish city and municipality in the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. It is the capital of the island of the same name and is located in the eastern part of it. Its economic activity falls eminently…

The Castell d’Eivissa of Ibiza (Spain), called Dalt Vila, was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1999. It marks the perimeter of the oldest part of the city. The old walls were built in the 16th century to protect it from attacks by the Turks, and…

The Salamanca district, also frequently referred to as the Salamanca neighborhood, is the 4th of the 21 districts that make up Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain. It owes its name to its builder, the Malaga-born José de Salamanca y Mayol, Marquis of Salamanca…

Chamartín is a 5th district of Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain, located in the north of the capital and made up of the neighborhoods of El Viso, la Prosperidad, Ciudad Jardín, Hispanoamérica, Nueva España and Castilla. In 2021 it had a population of 145…

Tetuán is a 6th district belonging to Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain, and administratively organized into six neighborhoods: Bellas Vistas, Cuatro Caminos, Castillejos, Almenara, Valdeacederas and Berruguete. The district of Tetuán is very heterogeneous…