Madrid - Alive and Welcoming
November 14th 2008 Today I left Istanbul after a week of fascinating discoveries and arrived in a very welcoming Madrid. The city of Madrid was founded by the Moors and its location was chosen by Emir Mohammed (852-886) as a strategic position to defend Toledo. The city's name, which is Arabic in origin, was reconquered from the Moors in 1085. At this time, most of the inhabitants worked in the fields as this was a
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