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Gate of Europe. / 40.46639°N 3.68778°W / 40.46639; -3.68778. The Gate of Europe towers ( Spanish: Puerta de Europa, - Door of Europe-), also known as KIO Towers ( Torres KIO ), are twin office buildings near the Plaza de Castilla in Madrid, Spain. The towers have a height of 114 m (374 ft) and have 26 floors.
Madrid ( / məˈdrɪd / mə-DRID, Spanish: [maˈðɾið] ⓘ) [n. 1] is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million [8] inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and its monocentric metropolitan area is the second-largest ...
Casa de Campo. / 40.42291; -3.75595. Fountain of the Triangle in Casa de Campo. The Casa de Campo ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkasa ðe ˈkampo], for Spanish: Country House) is the largest public park in Madrid. It is situated west of central Madrid, Spain. It gets its name 'Country House' because it was once a royal hunting estate, located just ...
Madrid Nuevo Norte (Madrid New North), previously known as Operación Chamartín, is an urban redevelopment programme in the Spanish capital city of Madrid, managed and promoted by privately owned company Distrito Castellana Norte. [note 1] After a decades-long administrative struggle, construction works are set to finally begin in 2021 and may ...
8 February 1935. Reference no. RI-52-0000015-00001. The Palacio de Cristal ("Glass Palace") is a 19th-century conservatory located in the Buen Retiro Park in Madrid, Spain. It is currently used for art exhibitions. The Palacio de Cristal, in the shape of a Greek cross, is made almost entirely of glass set in an iron framework on a brick base ...
The Royal Alcázar of Madrid ( Spanish: Real Alcázar de Madrid) was a fortress located at the site of today's Royal Palace of Madrid, Madrid, Spain. The structure was originally built in the second half of the ninth century by the Muslims, then extended and enlarged over the centuries, particularly after 1560.
The City Council of Madrid (Spanish: Ayuntamiento de Madrid) is the top-tier administrative and governing body of the Madrid, the capital and biggest city of Spain.. The City Council is composed by three bodies; the Mayor who leads the City Council and the executive branch of it, the Governing Council (Junta de Gobierno) which is the main body of the executive branch composed by the Mayor and ...
The University City of Madrid ( Spanish: Ciudad Universitaria de Madrid ), also called the Campus de Moncloa, is a complex in the Moncloa-Aravaca district of Madrid, Spain, that holds buildings of two universities and several related organizations. The campus was built between 1929 and 1936, when the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939) broke out.