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Madrid

Capital of Spain

Watercolour of Madrid, Spain. The historic city set high upon the undulating Castilian plateau (Meseta Central), rising above the shallow valley of the Manzanares River, with Royal Palace and Campo del Moro.
AI-generated artistic rendering. Painted from written research on the city's setting, architecture and materials — not from a photograph.
What guided this image
Landmarks
Royal Palace; Campo del Moro; Madrid; Madrid's; Gran Vía and Calle de Alcalá; Casa de Campo and El Retiro Park; Puente de Toledo; Habsburg
Viewpoint
Favor a slightly elevated viewpoint from the west (near Casa de Campo or the banks of the Manzanares River), looking east/north-east up toward the ridge where the Royal Palace and Almudena Cathedral rise above the terraced green gardens of Campo del Moro, with the dense historic rooftops of Madrid extending eastward and the faint outline of the Sierra de Guadarrama subtle on the northern horizon.
Palette
Green should be the predominant color, especially in the tree canopies of Campo del Moro, Casa de Campo, Madrid Río, and the city's parks and gardens.
Guarded against
Avoid making Madrid look like Barcelona (no Gaudí curves or Sagrada Família spires), Seville, or coastal Andalusia.
Population3,255,944Wikidata: 3,207,247
Coordinates40.42°N, 3.70°W
Elevation663 m
Area604 km²
Time zoneEurope/MadridUTC+1
Solar noon13:15clock runs 1.2 h ahead of the sun

Through the Earth

Dig straight through the Earth from Madrid and you surface nearest to Dannevirke, New Zealand — 29 km from the exact antipodal point.

Nearest cities in the atlas

Andorra la VellaAD493 km
LisbonPT503 km
BarcelonaES504 km
TangierMA549 km
AlgiersDZ719 km
FesMA720 km
RabatMA765 km
CasablancaMA835 km

Twinned cities

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