Madrid, since 1561 the capital of Spain, on the Manzanares, a mere mountain torrent, on an arid plateau in New Castile, the centre of the peninsula; is an insanitary city, and liable to great extremes of temperature; it is regularly built, sometimes picturesque, with great open spaces, such as the Prado, 3 m. long; fine buildings and handsome streets. It contains the royal palace, parliament and law-court houses, a university, magnificent picture-gallery, many charitable institutions, and a bull-ring. The book-publishing, tapestry weaving, and tobacco industries are the most important. It is a growing and prosperous city.
Population (circa 1900) given as 522,000.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
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Acosta, Joseph D'
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Alamos, Balthazer
Alava Esquivel, Diego De
Alberoni, Julius
Aleman, Matthew
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