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The cuisine of the Community of Madrid is an amalgamation of the cuisines of various regions of Spain developed, in part, by mass migration to the capital city starting during the reign of King Felipe II. As the city grew, it incorporated the culinary traditions of the municipalities it absorbed into the area now known as the Community of Madrid.
Pages in category "Culture in Madrid" The following 46 pages are in this category, out of 46 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Art Nouveau in Madrid; C.
Name Year No. Description [a]; Centre for traditional culture – school museum of Pusol pedagogic project 2009 00306 "This innovative education project has two overall goals: to promote value-based education by integrating the local cultural and natural heritage within the curriculum, and to contribute to the preservation of Elche's heritage by means of education, training and direct actions."
The wider Madrid region is the EU region with the highest average life expectancy at birth. The average life expectancy was 82.2 years for males and 87.8 for females in 2016. [ 113 ]
Still-life painting by Luis Egidio Meléndez (1774) featuring cucumbers and tomatoes The kitchen of the Asylum of San Bernardino in Madrid (c. 1908) The arrival of Europeans in the Americas in 1492 initiated the advent of new culinary elements, such as tomatoes , potatoes , maize , bell peppers , spicy peppers , paprika , vanilla and cocoa .
The Community of Madrid (Spanish: Comunidad de Madrid; [komuniˈðað ðe maˈðɾið] ⓘ) is one of the seventeen autonomous communities and 50 provinces of Spain. It is located in the centre of the Iberian Peninsula, and of the Central Plateau (Meseta Central). Its capital and largest municipality is Madrid, which is also the capital of the ...
A large inland region, Castile, Madrid and Leon were Celtiberian country before its annexation and cultural latinization by the Roman Empire but it is extremely doubtful that anything from the musical traditions of the Celtic era have survived.
Night view of Plaza de Cibeles (square) in Madrid (Spain), with Christmas lights. Puerta del Sol in Madrid is a very popular place for nightlife. The nightclubs of Ibiza are internationally renowned. [27] The nightlife in Spain is very attractive to both tourists and locals. Spain is known to have some of the best nightlife in the world.