Madrid
The capital of Spain, recognized as one of the most beautiful cities in the world.
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain, as well as the administrative center of the province and autonomous community of the same name. The municipality is located within the area (comarca) of the Metropolitan Area. The largest economic, political and cultural center of the country. The city’s population is 3,266 million inhabitants (2019).
The city is located in the central part of the Iberian Peninsula. Greater Madrid is an agglomeration with an area of 1200 km2. The city itself is located on an area of 607 km2 and includes 21 administrative districts. A major transport hub (railways, high-speed highways, one of the world’s largest airports).
Madrid is an influential cultural center, which houses many museums of international scale, including the Prado Museum, the Reina Sofia Art Center, the Thyssen—Bornemisza Museum and the Madrid Forum, which are among the hundred most visited museums in the world.
Most of Madrid’s tourist destinations are located inside the so-called central Almendra (the area surrounded by the M-30 highway), mainly in the districts of Centro, Salamanca, Chambery, Retiro and Arganzuela.
Madrid has many properties considered palaces, including several residences of the Spanish royal family.
The streets of Madrid are a real open—air sculpture museum. Since the 18th century, the space of the Prado Hall has been decorated with an iconographic program of monumental fountains with classical references: the Artichoke Fountain, Four Fountains, the Fountain of Neptune, the Fountain of Apollo and the Fountain of Cybele, all designed by Ventura Rodriguez. In the three doors of the Prado Museum there are statues dedicated to Murillo (Sabino Medina), Velazquez (Aniceto Marinas) and Goya (Mariano Benli); and then, in the Plaza de la Lealtad, there is an obelisk to those who fell in love with Spain, with a constantly burning flame. After the Prado Hall on Paseo de la Castellana, on the steps of the National Library there is a series of statues of Spanish writers (and inside there is a remarkable statue of Marcelino Menendez Pelayo.
Madrid is one of the European cities with the highest proportion of green spaces per inhabitant, namely 70 m2 compared to the average of 20 m2 in Europe. In addition, with almost 300,000 trees, it is the second city in the world in terms of the number of them on the streets and pedestrian streets, second only to Tokyo.
Although it is the central district that concentrates most of the tourist interest, some attractions can also be found in peripheral neighborhoods.
The Royal Palace of El Pardo is located in the Fuencarral El Pardo district. Its surroundings, Mount El Pardo, are protected both as part of the national heritage and because of its ecological value due to the abundant and diverse local flora and fauna. This protected area also houses the Zarzuela Palace, the residence of the Spanish royal family. 118 Next to them, in the Moncloa-Arawaka area, is the Moncloa Palace, the residence of the President of the Spanish government.
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