Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Madrid
- Flamenco
- Rhythms of happiness and
joy.
- In sevillanas and
rumbas (dance)
- Genre an expressiveness
that moves all the
spectators
- Every day of the
week,
- The city offers a wide
range of shows
- In theaters
- To small recitals and dance recitals in tablaos or halls
- Tablaos (flamenco bars)
continue the tradition
- Offering an
opportunity to see
flamenco
- Every night while enjoying
a good meal or a drink.
- The Flavours of
Madrid
- Madrid is known for
its confectionery.
- The local cooking is a mixture of Sephardic and
Mozarabic traditions, hence the widespread use of
almonds and honey.
- Wafers and bartolillos (puff pastries
filled with cream) are extremely
popular.
- Some experts even claim that millefeuille was
born in the Spanish capital.
- Some of the sweets are cooked and
traditionally eaten in religious festivals:
- torrijas (French
toast)
- bones of saints
- buñuelos de
viento
- Panecillos de San Antón
- churros
- Sweet treats
- Rosquillas de San Isidro
- Madrid
Carnival
- The carnival is one of the
most animated celebrations.
- For five days, the parks and squares of the city
are populated by the most striking and original
costumes.
- The carnival begins with a ceremony headed
by a celebrity from the social and cultural life
of Madrid.
- Then the parade comes.
- Dances and
chirigotas.
- The carnival is also celebrated
with a great dance and a
costume contest.
- The Plaza de la Villa becomes the epicenter of
the Krewes Festival
- a celebration with street
musicians and groups
that perform satirical
songs
- Concerts, theme parties in different
places and countless activities for
children.
- The burial of the sardine.
- The celebrations of the carnival end with
the burial of the sardine, a tradition
captured by Goya in one of his paintings.
- An impressive bonfire closes the ceremony,
as if clearing all evils and negative
thoughts
- History
- At the beginning of the 1980s, the Malasaña district
witnessed the birth of the movida madrileña.
- The story began on February 9, 1980 in the afternoon,
when the auditorium of the School of Roads of Madrid
- Was the host of the concert in tribute to Canito, drummer of Tos and
The Secrets, who died in a traffic accident on the eve New year.
- Today, you can still follow the steps of the move. It was the democratic
transition that took place after Franco's dictatorship, and people were
eager to try everything.
- Throughout the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries,
Madrid was the capital of a great empire.
- However, the buildings and
landmarks did not really reflect the
position of the city.
- The churches and palaces were built in a simple style that
had little in common with ostentatious cuts in other parts
of Europe.
- From that period, you can still see in the Madrid of the Austrias (Habsburg, Madrid), narrow and
winding streets, mansions of severity not decorated and convents hidden behind high walls.
- Between the Cuesta de la Vega and the Plaza Mayor, the heart
of the city, you will find traces of the ancient capital.
- On the western border, where the Royal Palace is located,
was the Alcázar.
- This huge building, from which the world was ruled, was left in ruins after it
was engulfed by a terrible fire in 1734.