The Rough Guide to Madrid 3 by Simon Baskett

The Rough Guide to Madrid 3

Simon Baskett

368 pages first pub 2001 (editions)

informative medium-paced
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Madrid became Spain’s capital city at the whim of one man, Felipe II. Its site possesses few natural advantages – a fierce climate, no harbour and a poor excuse for a river – but it lies exactly in the centre of Spain, and in 1561, Felipe decided ...

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