Towns and cities in Madrid
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Tourist destinations
Madrid. (Madrid Region) Madrid, the capital of Spain, is a cosmopolitan city that combines the most modern infrastructures and the status as an economic, financial, administrative and service centre, with a large cultura…
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Tourist destinations, World Heritage | Cultural Heritage
Aranjuez. Madrid. (Madrid Region) An old quarter which is a Historic-Artistic Site, royal palaces, and gardens on the banks of the Tagus form the layout of Aranjuez. The ideas of the Enlightenment, adapted to the urban d…
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Tourist destinations, World Heritage | Cultural Heritage
Alcalá de Henares. Madrid. (Madrid Region) This town near Madrid, birthplace of the illustrious Miguel de Cervantes, author of “Don Quixote”, and home to one of the most prestigious universities in Spain, has been declar…
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Tourist destinations, World Heritage | Cultural Heritage
San Lorenzo de El Escorial. Madrid. (Madrid Region) In the heart of the Guadarrama mountain range, only 50 kilometres from Madrid, stands the town of San Lorenzo de El Escorial. Mount Abantos, its pine forests and the He…
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Tourist destinations
…28979. Batres. Madrid. (Madrid Region) Batres is very much connected with one of the most important writers in Spanish literature - Garcilaso de la Vega. The poet spent part of his childhood in the emblematic castle beca…
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Tourist destinations
…28660. Boadilla del Monte. Madrid. (Madrid Region) Boadilla del Monte is located in the southeast of Madrid, near the municipalities of Majadahonda, Villaviciosa de Odón, Alcorcón, Pozuelo de Alarcón and Brunete. There a…
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Tourist destinations
Chinchón. Madrid. (Madrid Region) The beautiful medieval square is Chinchón's most emblematic landmark. Irregular in shape and formed by houses of two and three floors with running balconies, it has been the scene of a g…
