Background/History
Fun Facts:
*Founded in: the 9th Century
*Founded by: the emir Muhammad
*Madrid was deemed the capital of Spain in 1561
*Origianlly Madrid was under Arabic control of the Iberian Penninsula
*Named after Arabic word “magerit” which means “place of many streams”
*Population of over 3 million in metropolitan but about 6 million total
*Madrid is the highest capital city above sea level in Europe
*King Alfonso I set up where Madrid lies today in the center of Spain
*Spanish Constitution of 1978 officially recognized Madrid as the capital of Spain
*First Mayor in Spain in 1979 was Enrique Tierno Galván by the means of the first Democratic election in Spain.
*Founded in: the 9th Century
*Founded by: the emir Muhammad
*Madrid was deemed the capital of Spain in 1561
*Origianlly Madrid was under Arabic control of the Iberian Penninsula
*Named after Arabic word “magerit” which means “place of many streams”
*Population of over 3 million in metropolitan but about 6 million total
*Madrid is the highest capital city above sea level in Europe
*King Alfonso I set up where Madrid lies today in the center of Spain
*Spanish Constitution of 1978 officially recognized Madrid as the capital of Spain
*First Mayor in Spain in 1979 was Enrique Tierno Galván by the means of the first Democratic election in Spain.