![]() 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. Justified.Subscribe to our YouTube channel and enjoy the best video trivia. With the usual norms of heraldry moreover, the shield is surmountedīy a crown of "whimsical design" whose presence is in no way Displaying trees proper on a field azure is not compliant On arms traditionally used without colours, which, therefore, shouldīe kept. With a drawing and a non heraldic description. The Royal Academy of History rejected the proposed arms, presented The coat of arms represents the poplars ( álamos) for which the place was named and the cross that once stood at the location of the ![]() In the center is placedĬoat of arms: Argent a Latin cross argent on stairs surrounded by two poplars proper on a base vert. Diagonally divided from the lower hoist to the upper fly, green at hoist and white at fly. The symbols are described as follows: Flag: Proportions 2:3. 5 ( text), and on 16 June 1993 in the Spanish official gazette, No. ![]() in the official gazette of the Community of Madrid, No.ġ24, p. May 1993 by the Government of the Community of Madrid and published on The flag ( photos, photo, photo) and arms of El Álamo are prescribed by a Decree adopted on 6 Of aldea (hamlet) to the place, which was renamed El Álamo.Įl Álamo was granted the status of villa on 25 April 1662 by Philip In 1468, Gonzalo Chacón, lord of the place, granted the status The settlement that developed around the inn was originally known as La Venta de Toribio (Toribio's Inn). The inn was located near a poplar ( álamo) on the road to Extremadura. The municipality of El Álamo (8,929 inhabitants in 2014 2,225 ha unofficial website) is located in the extreme south-west of the Community of Madrid, on the border with Castilla-La Mancha ( Province of Toledo), 40 km of Madrid.Įl Álamo originates in the establishment in the 15th century of an inn owned by Toribio Fernández Montero. ![]()
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