Some information about our capital city in Spain, Madrid.

About us Hello! We are Alberto and Ainara and we are 11 years old. In

this power point presentation, we are going to explain some things about our capital city, Madrid. We are from Spain and we live in Baeza.

Hello, my name is Alberto, I`m from Baeza. I have one sister called Emma. I have parents too. My parents are called Eva and Paco. I like to travel from place to place and I love to eat different food from different places and countries when I travel with my family. Goodbye

Hi! I`m Ainara, Im from Baeza too. Alberto and I we are friends and we go to the same class. I haven`t got any brothers or sisters, but I`ve got 10 cousins. I`ve got a mother too, she`s called Isabel. I love to travel like Alberto. I was born in China, but I live in Spain. I like to eat different food like Alberto. I have traveled to: Madrid, China, Catalunya and Castilla-La Mancha. Bye bye!

INTRODUCTION Madrid is an important city in Spain because is our capital city. Madrid has a lot of famous things in it, like Puerta del Sol, Plaza

de Cibeles, etc. Madrid has a lot of parks, like Parque de Juan Carlos I, Parque

Lineal del Manzanares, etc. Madrid has too many museums, like Museo Naval, Museo Reina

Sofía, Museo del Prado and Museo Thyssen Bornemisza. Madrid has many football stadiums too, Santiago Bernabéu,

Vicente Calderón, Alfredo Di Estéfano, etc. It has a lot of monuments too, like Muralla de Madrid, Iglesia de

San Nicolás de los Servitas, Iglesia San Pedro el Grande, Casa de los Lujares, Capilla del Obispo, Casa Cisneros, Monasterio de las Descalzas Reales, Casa de las siete Chimeneas, Puente de Segovia, etc.

Madrid has a lot of ways to travel from one place of the city to another places of the city bybus, train, metre, etc.

INFORMATION 1) Puerta del sol,was one of the entries in the wall that

surrounded Madrid in the XV century an the name comes from a sun that was in the door. Originally, was a point outside of the city, but the growth of Madrid to the east, it was becoming a key place for the exit to the limits of Madrid.

2) Plaza de Cibeles, was designed by the architect Ventura Rodríguez in 1782. The fountain represents the Goddes Cibeles in a chariot drawn by lions. In 1895, they moved the monument to the center and it was becoming to be a decorative element.

3) Parque de Juan Carlos I, was oppened in the occasion of MADRID, EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF CULTURE 1992, whit an area highly degraded respeting an existing centenary olive recovered.

4) Parque Lineal Del Manzanares, from the south of M-30 to the Rivas Vaciamadrid town, extending what we called Manzanares Park. Above him, through the heart of Madrid, the space that leaves the big city to the river, is the Madrid Río Park. he Manzanares Park is linearly articulated by the Manzanares river.

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INFORMATION1) Museo Naval, The Naval Museum was provisionally

inaugurated on November 19, 1843 by theQueen Elizabeth II at the Palace or House of the Councils. Since its opening it has had various locations and is currently in the Paseo del Prado, near the Madrid Stock Exchange.

2) Museo Reina Sofía, is one of the most important museums of Madrid and offers visitors an extensive collection of works of Spanish contemporary art. Founded in 1992, the Reina Sofia continues periods not covered by Museo del Prado, beginning to exhibit works from 1881, the year of birth of Pablo Picasso.

3) Museo del Prado, is the most famous museum in Madrid and one of the most important museums of art world. The museum was designed by Juan de Villanueva and it was opened in 1819.

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INFORMATION 1) Museo Thyssen Bornemisza, its collection is composed of

more than 800 works that the Spanish state bought the Thyssen-Bornemisza family in July 1993.

2) Santiago Bernabéu football stadium, in the 1999-2000 season was carried out a modernization process known as 'Project Leader XXI'. It launched many services to help members and fans: the Real Madrid, the telephone ticket sales and transferable and funded fertilizer.

3) Vicente Calderón football stadium, from the first of October, 1966 Atletico Madrid play their matches on the banks of the Manzanares. The Calderon has witnessed great feats like conquering the Intercontinental or Doubles League, plus host the Mundial'82. Our coliseum His capacity for 54.907 spectators is classified by UEFA as a five star stadium has been stepping on your lawn to the biggest stars of world football.

4) Alfredo Di Estéfano football stadium, is a football stadium inaugurated Spanish in Madrid on May 9, 2006. Adopts this name in honor of Alfredo Di Stéfano, Real Madrid Football Club in the 50's and 60's, and considered one of the best players in the history of world football.

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INFORMATIONMuralla de Madrid, they are remnants of a wall of defense

of Muslim ninth and tenth centuries and another Christian of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Today for the youth of the city is used to practice climbing.

Iglesia de San Nicolás de los servitas, mudejar tower of s. S seventeenth church. XV with gothic central apse.

Iglesia San Pedro el grande, mudejar tower and church of s. XV.

Casa de los Lujares, palace of the s. XV Gothic portal that belonged to a family ancestry.

Capilla del obispo, of s. XVI, has front and Renaissance altarpiece. Of special interest is the alabaster tomb of Bishop Carvajal.

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INFORMATION1) Casa Cisneros, plateresco´s Palace. XVI, restored at the

beginning of our century. Hall holds units.2) Monasterio de las Descalzas Reales, monastery of

the s.XVI, has plateresca facade, Renaissance staircase and interior s. XVIII. It houses works of great artistic value.

3) Casa de las siete Chimeneas, palace House of the s.XVI, this beautiful building is now the headquarters of the Ministry of Culture.

4) Puente de segovia, it is attributed to Juan de Herrera, is seated in nine arches.

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MORE PHOTOSHere are some photos of the places of Madrid:

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Goodbye!And this is all we have to show you about our capital city, Madrid. We hope you enjoy this, GOODBYE EVERYONE!

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