(MAD) daily photo: ...¡SPRING as ARRIVED to MADRID!... (Tilia Evolutio)...

Wednesday, 23 April 2008

...¡SPRING as ARRIVED to MADRID!... (Tilia Evolutio)...

7 comments:

alice said...: Happy to see you back!; 23 April 2008 at 13:21
Anonymous said...: great dof, what kind of plants are they?; 23 April 2008 at 15:07
Janet said...: Hurray! Pretty plants.; 23 April 2008 at 17:36
yoshi said...: Very nice collage!; 23 April 2008 at 17:48
Valerie said...: so glad you're back!; 24 April 2008 at 00:31
Anonymous said...: Good to see you're back with this beautiful spring photo :-); 24 April 2008 at 10:00
tr3nta said...: It's a Tilia platyphyllos, I think in English is Lime tree (Tilo) in Spanish...

Thanks all for the warm reception...; 24 April 2008 at 10:49

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¿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)