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The siege of Madrid was a two-and-a-half-year siege of the Republican-controlled Spanish capital city of Madrid by the Nationalist armies, under General Francisco Franco, during the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939). The city, besieged from October 1936, fell to the Nationalist armies on 28 March 1939.
Ruins of Madrid's Muslim wall, built in the 9th century. The primitive urban nucleus of Madrid (Majriṭ) was founded in the late 9th century (from 852 to 886) as a citadel erected on behalf of Muhammad I, the Cordobese emir, on the relatively steep left bank of the Manzanares. [1]
The Museum of History of Madrid (Spanish: Museo de Historia de Madrid)) is a history museum located on Calle de Fuencarral in downtown Madrid, Spain that chronicles the history of the city. [1] It was opened as the Museo Municipal ("Municipal Museum") in 1929, and was renamed as the Museo de Historia de Madrid in 2007. [2]
1619 – Plaza Mayor laid out; Casa de la Panadería built. 1633 – Church of San Antonio de los Alemanes built. 1636 – Royal Alcazar built. 1637 – Buen Retiro Palace built. [1] 1643 – Palacio de Santa Cruz built. [citation needed] 1644 – Funeral of Isabel de Borbón. [4] 1661 – Gazeta de Madrid begins publication. [5] 1664 – San ...
Kaplan, Temma (1993). "Review of Free Women of Spain: Anarchism and the Struggle for the Emancipation of Women". The American Historical Review. 98 (1): 187. doi:10.2307/2166461. ISSN 0002-8762. JSTOR 2166461. Kirkpatrick, Susan (1993). "Review of Gender and Disorder in Early Modern Spain; Free Women of Spain: Anarchism and the Struggle for the ...
The above photos were snapped by a pair of news photographers, Daniel Ochoa de Olza of the Stunning new photos of a glowing red Supermoon rising behind Madrid's Four Towers skyscrapers Skip to ...
The initial holdings were later moved to a newly built premises and the building was inaugurated on 12 October 1965. [4] After a series of renovations of the building, which was previously shared with a number of unrelated institutions, The Museum was closed between 1981 and 1994 due to renovation work. the museum was reopened on 12 October ...
Hundreds of Panamanians marched on Thursday to mark the anniversary of a deadly uprising against U.S. control of the Panama Canal in 1964, with some protesters burning an effigy of President-elect ...