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Madrid is the capital of the Community of Madrid. The region has its own legislature and enjoys a wide range of competencies in areas such as social spending, healthcare, and education. The seat of the regional parliament, the Assembly of Madrid , is located at the district of Puente de Vallecas .
The Plaza de Castilla ([ˈplaθa ðe kasˈtiʝa], English: "Castile Square") is a square in the north of Madrid, ... one of the main thoroughfares of the capital, ...
The Gran Vía (Spanish: [ˈɡɾam ˈbi.a], Great Way) is a street in central Madrid, Spain.It leads from Calle de Alcalá, close to Plaza de Cibeles, to Plaza de España.The street, sometimes referred to as the "Spanish Broadway", is one of the city's most important shopping areas, with a large number of hotels and large movie theatres.
Google Maps is a web mapping platform and consumer application offered by Google. It offers satellite imagery, aerial photography, street maps, 360° interactive panoramic views of streets (Street View), real-time traffic conditions, and route planning for traveling by foot, car, bike, air (in beta) and public transportation.
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 ...
The Puerta de Alcalá at the centre of the Plaza de la Independencia. The Plaza de la Independencia (Independence Square) is a central square in the Spanish capital, Madrid.It sits at the intersection of Calle de Alcalá (running from east to west), Calle de Alfonso XII (to the south), Calle de Serrano (to the north), Calle de Salustiano Olozaga (to the northwest), and the Paseo de Mexico (to ...
The following is a timeline for Google Street View, a technology implemented in Google Maps and Google Earth that provides ground-level interactive panoramas of cities. The service was first introduced in the United States on May 25, 2007, and initially covered only five cities: San Francisco, Las Vegas, Denver, Miami, and New York City. By the ...
The street was formerly a thalweg partially along which the Arroyo de la Castellana flowed towards its emptying in the Abroñigal. [2] The Fuente Castellana, which was the main source of the Arroyo de la Castellana [2] and, according to Cervantes, a spring with "extremely cold waters", [3] was located near the current day plaza de Emilio Castelar.