(MAD) daily photo: ¿Chucherias?… ¿Sweets?…

You can buy almost any thing on the Retiro Park on a sunny day… ¿a sweet?...
It's one of the biggest urban parks in Europe with 1.4 km² (350 acre)...

¿Madrid?... genesis

We have to go back to the IX century, the times of the Muslim Emir Mohamed I, to find the origin of the city of Madrid, born as Muslim fortress on the north shore of the Manzanares river were now raises the royal palace. Etymologically it comes from ‘Majerit’ and this word from the Arab ‘Mayrit’ that means ‘mother of waters’, at is turn the word ‘Mayrit’ is similar to the romance term ‘Matrič’ meaning ‘matrix’… in conclusion, Latin: Matric(em); Romance (spoken in Spain after Romans): Matrič; Arab: Mayrit; actual Spanish: Madrid. (internet fonts)