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Very little medieval architecture is preserved in Madrid, and most of it is located inside the Almendra Central.Historical documents show that the city was walled and had a castle (the Alcázar) in the same place where the Royal Palace now stands.
The House of Architecture, officially known as La Casa de la Arquitectura, is a museum in Madrid, Spain, devoted to promote, improve knowledge, value, and disseminate architecture, urban planning, and landscaping, with special attention to Spanish works and architects.
The Walls of Madrid (Spanish: cerca de Madrid, tapia de Madrid) are the five successive sets of walls that surrounded the city of Madrid from the Middle Ages until the end of the 19th century. Some of the walls had a defensive or military function, while others made it easy to tax goods entering the city.
Buildings and structures in Madrid — center of the autonomous Community of Madrid, and capital city of Spain. Subcategories This category has the following 7 subcategories, out of 7 total.
Pedro de Ribera introduced Churrigueresque architecture to Madrid; the Cuartel del Conde-Duque, the church of Montserrat, and the Bridge of Toledo are among the best examples. Royal Palace of Madrid, built in the 18th century. The reign of the Bourbons during the eighteenth century marked a new era in the city.
Buildings and structures in Madrid (7 C, 13 P) Pages in category "Architecture of Madrid" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
The Muslim Walls of Madrid (also known as the Arab Walls of Madrid), of which some vestiges remain, are located in the Spanish capital city of Madrid. They are probably the oldest construction extant in the city. They were built in the 9th century, during the Muslim domination of the Iberian Peninsula, on a promontory next to Manzanares river.
The remaining façades were built from red brick and granite (from Toledo), which gave the building the characteristic colouring of Madrid's traditional architecture. These materials were abundant in the influential area of the city as clay is plentiful on the banks of the Manzanares and granite in the nearby Sierra de Guadarrama.