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MADRID PROVINCE

Madrid province (the Comunidad de Madrid) Close by is the Valle de los Caídos, the war
sits high on Spain’s central plateau. There monument erected by Franco. The smaller
is plenty of superb scenery and good royal palace of El Pardo is on the outskirts
walking country in the sierras to the north, of Madrid, and south of the city is the
which are a refuge for city dwellers who go 18th-century summer palace of Aranjuez,
there to ski in winter or cool down dur ing set in lush parkland. Historic towns include
the torrid summers. In the western foothills Alcalá de Henares, which has a Renaissance
of these mountains stands El Escorial, the university building, and Chinchón, where
royal palace-cum-monastery built by taverns cluster around a picturesque arcaded
Felipe II, from which he ruled his empire. market square.

Sights at a Glance
Towns and Cities Mountain Ranges
2 Buitrago del Lozoya 1 Sierra Norte
7 Manzanares el Real 4 Sierra Centro de Guadarrama Key
9 Alcalá de Henares
0 Chinchón Madrid city
Historic Buildings Madrid province
3 Monasterio de Santa María Motorway
de El Paular Major road
5 Santa Cruz del Valle de los Caídos Minor road
6 El Escorial pp334–5
8 Palacio de El Pardo 0 kilometres 25
q Palacio Real de Aranjuez 0 miles 20

Sights in Madrid Province N110 Burgos
A1
Valladolid Montejo de
la Sierra
Segovia
S i e r r a d e G u a d a r r a m a
M604
N110
AP61
AP6 Cercedilla N320 Zaragoza
N110
AP51 M607 San Agustin
Ávila Guadarrama M607 del Guadalix R2 A2
Torrelodones A1
El Escorial A6 Alcobendas Guadalajara
A2
M50
Madrid-
Barajas
M50 MADRID Alcalá de Henares
M600
M501 M40 R3 M300
Móstoles Getafe
lberche Arganda Tajuña
del Rey
N403 A A5 R5 Parla A4 Valdemoro A3
Guadarrama CM41 AP41 M404 A3 Tajo
A5 Yuncos R4 Aranjuez
A42
Talavera A40 AP41 Ocaña
de la Reina Torrijos Tarancón
A40
A4
N400 N301
Toledo
Córdoba
Snow-covered peaks of the Sierra Centro de Guadarrama For keys to symbols see back flap
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