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Tuesday, 22 July 2008

Almudena at evening entrance...

Almudena (Santa Maria La Real de La Almudena) is Madrid's Cathedral... The construction started in 1883 but it was consecrated only in 1993 (110 years later...NO WAY!!! :-)) by John Paul II.

¿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)