Community of Madrid, Autonomous community in central Spain
The Community of Madrid extends from the Sierra de Guadarrama mountains to the Tagus River basin at an elevation of 678 meters.
The region gained autonomous community status in 1983, evolving from a single province into a major administrative division of Spain.
The region contains four UNESCO World Heritage Sites: El Escorial Monastery, Alcala de Henares University, Aranjuez Cultural Landscape, and Madrid Landscape of Light.
The transportation network includes 12 metro lines, numerous bus routes, and high-speed rail connections to other Spanish regions.
Madrid represents the only case in Spain where a capital city shares governance between municipal, regional, and national administrative levels.
Location: Spain
Inception: 1983
Capital city: Madrid
Elevation above the sea: 678 m
Website: http://www.madrid.org/
Shares border with: Castilla–La Mancha, Castile and León
Website: http://madrid.org
GPS coordinates: 40.42526,-3.69063
Latest update: May 29, 2025 21:12
Biblioteca Nacional de España
181 m
Torres de Colón
76 m
Palace of Villamejor
117 m
Monument to Columbus
15 m
Woman with mirror
54 m
Centro Cultural de la Villa de Madrid
101 m
Jardines del Descubrimiento
203 m
Platea Madrid
153 m
Fortune Frog
83 m
Wax Museum of Madrid
111 m
Palace of the Counts of Casa Valencia
177 m
Monument to the Spanish Constitution of 1978, Madrid
75 m
Palacio de Gamazo, Madrid
160 m
Statue of Marcelino Menéndez Pelayo
191 m
Palacio de Egaña, Madrid
111 m
Crédit Agricole IndoSuez Building
85 m
Herón
53 m
Institut français de Madrid
149 m
Viviendas para Enriqueta Sánchez-Rueda, Madrid
217 m
Statue of Maria Bárbara de Bragança (1711-1758), infanta of Portugal
175 m
Consejo General del Poder Judicial building, Madrid
198 m
Estatua de Ramón María del Valle-Inclán, Madrid
214 m
Monumento al Libro, Madrid
199 m
Monument to Francisco Largo Caballero, Madrid
75 m
Monument to the victims of the 2015 terrorist attack in Paris, Madrid
170 m
Edificio Barclays, Madrid
69 m
Commemorative plaque to Diego Saavedra y Fajardo
118 m
Inmobiliaria Colonial offices
90 mReviews
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