Re:El Prado Museum – Virtual Tour
by noduerme on Friday April 19, 2024 @02:18AM
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Madrid: They don't have a river, a beach or ancient ruins. What they have is a living city and people who love it.
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Re:El Prado Museum – Virtual Tour
by Xenoamorphous on Friday April 19, 2024 @03:42AM
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What about Manzanares river.
Sure. It's kind of a creek like the Los Angeles river. The point is that the city of Madrid is not built around rivers (like NYC or London or Prague).
I get your point, but that's not exactly the case. Madrid is built there not by coincidence, there are a lot of underground rivers that cross the region, but then the city was built on top of them.
See here: https://www-canaldeisabelsegunda-es.translate.goog/-/madrid-...
Original: https://www.canaldeisabelsegunda.es/-/madrid-la-ciudad-edifi...
And about ruins, they are, but they are also hidden: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muralla_cristiana_de_Madrid
:)
Amazing! At Cava Baja 10 there's a remnant of the wall... and I never knew, I stay at the hotel across the street whenever I'm in Madrid and face that building.
Ironically, my comment about ruins, rivers, etc, I lifted from a sign in the lobby of that very hotel. And here they are sitting on top of it ;)
Ancient ruins? we have an Egiptian Temple near the Royal Palace https://maps.app.goo.gl/xUrFWZwBkuDCTE5W7
Madrid: They don't have a river, a beach or ancient ruins.
We do have a river, but if it doesn't seem much to you, take the train south and in half an hour you reach Aranjuez:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aranjuez
There you have the Tagus river and gorgeous gardens.