The name of the most famous street market in the city, the Rastro, comes that formerly in the area was the municipal slaughterhouse and all the pieces left a large trail of blood down the street.ġ8. Another of the curiosities of Madrid that will surprise you is that The Royal Palace has a size of 135,000 square meters which is more than double that of another great palace as it is Buckingham's. Now we are used to seeing many impressive buildings, but Telefónica's skyscraper was the tallest in the city and even from all of Europe in its time.ġ6. Beneath this famous fountain runs a subterranean river that also serves to protect the gold of the bank, since before any threat, the cameras would be flooded.

The Gran Vía is not a straight street, because they could not tear down the churches that were in the middle, something they did with a lot of houses and streets.ġ3 La Cibeles is located on top of the Banco de España chamber, so it is the guardian of the money of most of the Spanish, besides being the statue that lives the celebrations of Real Madrid.ġ4. It is also located exactly 666 meters above sea level.ġ2. The sculpture known as the fallen angel, is the only one in the world dedicated to Satan. The Puerta de Alcalá is not symmetrical because of Carlos III, since the king chose two projects and the architect made them real for not taking the opposite to the monarch.ġ1. The history goes back to an expedition of the Catholic Kings to America when they were persecuted by one of these animals, according to them they were saved thanks to the virgin and they ordered to dissect it to place it in an altar.ġ0. One of the most unknown curiosities of Madrid is that there a crocodile in the cathedral of San Ginés. In portal number three, up to a dozen murders were produced in a few years.ĩ. One of the most macabre streets and in which there have been more murders in the city of Madrid, is that of Antonio Grilo. Before there was one in the location where the Palace of Sports nowadays.Ĩ. Las Ventas was not the first bullring in Madrid. It is very close to the Manzanares river.ħ.

Despite what the famous song says, in Madrid, yes, there is a beach although it is artificial. The bear and the madroño of the shield also have a curious origin, the animal was common in the area while with that type of tree they wanted to make it clear that the Villa de Madrid was left with all the trees in front of the clergy.Ħ. In Madrid, the oldest restaurant in the world It dates from 1725 and whose name is 'Restaurant Sobrino de Botín'.ĥ. In addition, we can also find a piece of Egypt with the famous Temple of Debod dating from 200 a.

You can see them in the Berlin park, it is possible because they are two twin cities.ģ. Although you do not believe it, there are a piece of the Berlin Wall in the capital of Spain. Its etymology has some controversy, but most experts agree that it comes from an Arabic word that means matrix as a confluence of the many rivers that flow around it.Ģ. Do you want to be you? Click and Subscribe Nowġ. Also, every month, we raffle a $ 100 Amazon card among the most active subscribers. Subscribe to our YouTube channel and enjoy the best video trivia.

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