The best places to visit in Madrid, Spain -> Destinations

   Almudena Cathedral in Madrid took over 100 years to be built. It was finally consecrated by Pope John Paul II in 1993. Shortly after King Philip II assigned Madrid the capital of Spain in the year of 1561, he wanted to build a cathedral for the new capital. Because of political turmoil and strong opposition from the Archdiocese of Toledo City, which was then a much larger city, the construction of the building was constantly delayed. Finally, in 1868 a congregation devoted to t...

  AZCA, central business district of Madrid is located along Grand Avenue madrilenian Paseo de la Castellana, north of downtown.      The area is bordered by a complex where there are plenty of ministries, Ministers Nueva, in the south and the Palacio de Exposiciones y Congregos in the north. AZCA neighborhood development began in 1969 in an effort to create a new business district outside downtown that had become very crowded.  ...

  In the Plaza de la Moncola, near Park Oeste even near the center of town, there is a big triumphal arch, Arco de la Victoria - Victoria acre.     Arch seems older than it really is. Franco the dictator built in 1956 as a tribute to his nationalist army that defeated the Republicans during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Arco de la Victoria is known as the Puerta de Moncloa, a name that is preferred by those who no longer wish to remember the...