There you can see: -The kilometre zero -The mailing house clock - The Madroño and the bear In this square many people come on the night of the 31st.

There you can see:

-The kilometre zero

-The mailing house clock

- The Madroño and the bear

In this square many people

come on the night of the 31st of

December to listen to

the sound of the bells and

eat grapes or other

people listen to them on TV

It is in the centre of Madrid.

It has many monuments but

the most importants are:

- Monument of Philip IV

- Royal Palace

- The Almudena

- The Sabatini´s Gardens

- Royal Theatre.

It is a park of 118

Hectares and it is in

the centre of Madrid

It is the biggest bull fight

in Spain.

Our high school is next

to it.

The Temple of Debod is an ancient Egyptian temple which was rebuilt in Madrid.

The Egyptian state donated the temple of Debod to Spain in 1968. You can see most of Madrid from there.

THE MOST IMPORTANT MUSEUMS OF MADRID ARE:

• THE PRADO MUSEUM

• THE THYSSEN

• THE NATIONAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM

• THE REINA SOFÍA

• It was founded the 19th November 1819.

It has paintings of very important painters like Velazquez, Goya, Greco, Murillo, Tizziano, Rubens…

• The best known work on display at the museum is Las Meninas by Velázquez.

• The building was constructed between the end of the 18th century and beginning of the 19th century in neoclassic style, by Antonio Lopez Aguado.

• It has once of the second largest private collection in the world after the British Royal Collection.

• It includes Impressionists, Expressionists, European and American paintings from the second half of the 20th century, with over 1,600 paintings.

• a 19th century building constructed by the architect Francisco Carreño,located on Serrano Street, next to Plaza de Colon .

• The National Archaeological Museum had in 2003 34 rooms covering 22 periods of culture and history of Spain and other countries.

• It is now being reconstructed.

• The National Museum Reina Sofia Art Center is the Spanish national museum of twentieth century and

contemporary art.. • The museum has excellent

collections of the great Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dalí. The museum's most famous work is undoubtedly

the Guernica

A good option to have fun is going to

see a movie. In Madrid there are

many cinemas: we have also original

version and only for adults.

There are lots of shopping centres in Madrid where you can buy clothes, eat an hamburguer, play bowling and billar and other things.

Some people like to skate. Good places to skate are: Colon Square, Nuevos Ministerios, Oriente Square and many Skateparks.

In Madrid there are many discos, it is a good option to have fun. Some good discos in Madrid are Elite, Kapital, Pacha, Shivers, Dolcce, Gabanna…

If you like sports and look for a place to do it, you can go to: Breogan park, Moscardo sportcentre, Eva Peron park… and others.

More information about Madrid

– http://www.descubremadrid.com/

– http://www.munimadrid.es

– http://www.esmadrid.com