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Cuatro Vientos is situated in the south-western area of central Madrid, close to the motorways A5 and M40 and to the homonymous airport. External links [ edit ]
The Highway A-4 or Autopista AP-4 (also called Autovía del Sur that means Southern Autovía) is a Spanish highway and autopista route which starts in Madrid and ends in Cádiz. The Autopista AP-4; formerly tolled, (from Seville to Cádiz ) has a total length of 123.80 km.
Madrid (/ m ə ˈ d r ɪ d / ⓘ mə-DRID; Spanish: [maˈðɾið] ⓘ) [n. 1] is the capital and most populous municipality of Spain.It has almost 3.4 million [10] inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million.
The city is surrounded by other municipalities such as Madrid and San Fernando de Henares. Coslada is covered and connected to the Madrid metropolitan area by the line (L7) of the Madrid Metro in May 2007, local and regional bus lines, a commuter trains line (C-1,C-2 and C-7) and several major freeways (A-2 (Madrid-Barcelona), M-40,M-45,M-50 ...
Bank of Spain building (foreground) and Palacio de Comunicaciones. Contemporary Madrid came into its own after the death of general Francisco Franco.Reaction against the dictatorial bureaucracy centered in Madrid, and a history of centralism that predated Franco by centuries has resulted in the successful modern movement towards increased autonomy for the regions of Spain, considered ...
Leganés (Spanish pronunciation:) is a city in the Community of Madrid, Spain. Considered part of the Madrid metropolitan area , it is located about 11 km southwest of the centre of Madrid . As of 2018 [update] , it has a population of 188,425, making it the region's fifth most populated municipality .
Toro is a town and municipality in the province of Zamora, part of the autonomous community of Castile and León, Spain. It is located on a fertile high plain, northwest of Madrid at an elevation of 740 metres (2,430 ft). Toro is known as a center of Mudéjar art and as a wine-producing region.
The French troops managed to break through El Retiro, outflanking the gates of Recoletos, Alcalá and Atocha, leading to Madrid's capitulation the following day. [ 2 ] During the Civil War the statues and fountains along the Paseo de Recoletos and El Prado were hidden under protection sacks, which led the area to be nicknamed "of the twilight ...