Photos de MADRID
Discover MADRID
To discover Madrid is to follow the thread of history and the Spanish monarchy. A history symbolized by palaces, cathedrals and squares that take us back to the time of the Habsburgs. But it's also the history of the Dos de Mayo uprising (El dos de mayo de 1808 en Madrid), when the people of Madrid resisted the Napoleonic invaders, and whose epicenter was the Malasaña district. The same district where, after Franco, Madrid freed itself from dictatorship during the Movida, a counter-culture movement that is still very much alive. And if director Pedro Almodóvar was its figurehead, music and art galleries have been carrying on the legacy ever since, alongside historic museums. But the essence of Madrid is also its typical gastronomy, its legendary soccer clubs and its parks, where it's good to recover from the frenzy of a bewitching capital.
