Community of Madrid

The Community of Madrid (Spanish: Comunidad de Madrid) is a region which includes the capital city of Spain. It has 6.5 million inhabitants.

Cities

Cascadas del Purgatorio

🌍 Madrid — capital city and largest city of Spain with busy nightlife and great art museums and monuments.

🌍 Alcalá de Henares — the city where the famous writer Cervantes of the Don Quixote was born. Its University and historical centre are declared World Heritage Sites by the UNESCO.
🌍 Aranjuez — highlights include the Palacio Real, the summer home for the Bourbons and the lavishly designed Casa del Labrador near the Tagus River.
🌍 El Escorial — a mountainous retreat home to Spain's largest monastery, the Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, as well as the Valle de los Caidos (Valley of the Fallen).

Monastery of El Escorial.

🌍 Buitrago del Lozoya — surrounded by the Lozoya river it is a unique walled enclosure preserved up to present.
🌍 Chinchón — typical Spanish town which retains its character from the 1700s.
🌍 Colmenar de Oreja — situated in Las Vegas region with rich historical monuments and excellent gourmet products, such as olive oil, cheese, wine or garlic.
🌍 Navalcarnero — located in the southwest, is a town with a well preserved architecture and famous for the quality of its wine.
🌍 Nuevo Baztán — founded in the early years of 18th century planned to serve as an industrial town following the ideas of the Enlightenment period.
🌍 Rascafría — below the Sierra de Guadarrama area, apart from its natural richness it also hosts the iconic Monastery of El Paular.

Castle of Manzanares el Real

Móstoles — second largest city in the region, it hosts the CA2M museum with the contemporary art collection of the Comunity of Madrid.
🌍 Getafe — one of the five major cities that surround Madrid in its southern part.
Leganés — one of the five major cities that surround Madrid in its southern part. Leganés is the closest of these five cities to the center of Madrid. It borders with the districts of Carabanchel to the north and Villaverde to the east. It is connected to Getafe to its south and to Alcorcon to its west.
Alcorcón — one of the five major cities that surround Madrid in its southern part.
Fuenlabrada — one of the five major cities that surround Madrid in its southern part.

Sierra de Guadarrama — a mountainous area with the Guadarrama National Park.

laguna Grande de Peñalara

Penalara

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