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The Rupes Nigra ("Black Rock"), a phantom island, was believed to be a black rock located at the Magnetic North Pole or at the geographic North Pole itself. Described by Gerardus Mercator as 33 French miles in size, it provided a supposed explanation for why all compasses point to this location.
Inventio Fortunata (also Inventio Fortunate, Inventio Fortunat or Inventio Fortunatae), "Fortunate, or fortune-making, discovery", is a lost book, probably dating from the 14th century, containing a description of the North Pole as a magnetic island (the Rupes Nigra) surrounded by a giant whirlpool and four continents.
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Cibeles Palace (Spanish: Palacio de Cibeles), formally known as Palacio de Comunicaciones (Palace of Communications) and Palacio de Telecomunicaciones (Palace of Telecommunications) until 2011, is a complex composed of two buildings with white facades and is located in one of the historical centres of Madrid, Spain. Formerly the city's main ...
The City Council of Madrid (Spanish: Ayuntamiento de Madrid) is the top-tier administrative and governing body of Madrid, the capital and biggest city of Spain.. The city council is composed by three bodies; the mayor who leads the city council and the executive branch of it, the governing council (Junta de Gobierno) which is the main body of the executive branch composed by the mayor and the ...
Office, hotel 4 Torre Espacio: 230 m (755 ft) 51 2008 Office 5 Caleido: 181 m (594 ft) 36 2020 Office 6 Torre Picasso: 157 m (515 ft) 46 1988 Office 7 Torre de Madrid: 142 m (466 ft) 36 1957 Residential, office 8 Torre Europa: 120 m (394 ft) 30 1985 Office 9 Edificio España: 117 m (384 ft) 25 1953 Hotel, office 10 Torres de Colón: 116 m (381 ft)
Torre Madrid Nuevo Norte 1: Madrid: 368 985 77 2024 Torre Madrid Nuevo Norte 2: Madrid: 330 755 - 2023 Torre Madrid Nuevo Norte 3: Madrid: 300 688 - 2025-2027 Torre Eólica Valencia: 170 558 50 - Torre Panorámica Entrenúcleos Sevilla: 150 492 - - Fábrica de Clesa Torre I Madrid: 130 427 32 - H10 Benidorm Benidorm: 130 427 41 - Hotel Málaga ...
The National Archaeological Museum (Spanish: Museo Arqueológico Nacional; MAN) is a archaeology museum in Madrid, Spain. It is located on Calle de Serrano beside the Plaza de Colón, sharing its building with the National Library of Spain. It is one of the National Museums of Spain and it is attached to the Ministry of Culture.