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100 unusual facts about Madrid


1963–64 FIBA European Champions Cup

Real defeated Spartak Brno in the two legged final, after losing the first in Brno 110–99 and winning at Madrid 84–64.

1964–65 FIBA European Champions Cup

Real defeated CSKA Moscow in the two legged final, after losing the first in Moscow 88–81 and winning at Madrid 62–76.

1981 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships

The 13th European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held in Madrid.

1991 Tifariti offensive

Meanwhile, the Royal Moroccan Air Force bombed Tifariti again, killing at least five civilians, wounding 20 and destroying the infrastructure of the town, according to Hash Ahmed, then POLISARIO representative in Madrid, who added that ten thousand refugees on the Tifariti region were fleeing, and a hundred were disappeared.

Acueducto de Albear

Copies of the report were sent to the Ministers of Interior (Ministro de Gobernación) and of Public Works (Ministro de Fomento) in Madrid.

Alcázar

It was destroyed by fire in 1734, and the present Royal Palace of Madrid was built on the site.

Alcobendas

Padre Manyanet School is also located in the area.

Alfonso Crespo, 6th Count of Castillo Fiel

He married in Madrid, on 8 May 1905 Doña Isabel Gil-Delgado y Pineda (6 July 1870 - 24 January 1917), daughter of the Counts of Berberana, and they had an only son: Carlos

Amadeus CRS

Amadeus is a computer reservations system (or global distribution system, since it sells tickets for multiple airlines) owned by the Amadeus IT Group with headquarters in Madrid, Spain.

Antonio Martín y Coll

The last years of his life were spent in the monastery of San Francisco el Grande in Madrid.

António Pinho

Pinho was playing in Portugals first ever international game, 18 December 1921 in Madrid against Spain, in a game Portugal lost 1-3.

Artfutura

The festival has a main venue, which started as being Barcelona, later moved to Madrid and Seville and then to a different city every year.

Caixa Geral de Depósitos

Spain — CGD has a subsidiary, Banco Caixa Geral, headquartered in Vigo, and a branch of the parent in Madrid.

Camilo Daza International Airport

In March 2008, was the epicenter for the arrival of direct international flights from Madrid, Miami, San Jose, Quito and Caracas on the grounds of the Peace Without Borders concert held in Cúcuta.

Campaign to Defend Siping

Mao was happy that the nationalist attack was beaten back again, and on April 27, 1946, telegraphed Lin Biao to praise him and his troop, and asked Lin Biao to deploy one or two more regiments to develop Siping into Madrid in the East.

Catacombe dei Cappuccini

Allegedly Velázquez, Spanish painter, was buried in the Fuensalida vault of the church of San Juan Bautista (Madrid, Spain), and within eight days his wife Juana was buried beside him.

Charles Joseph Flipart

Some of his paintings are in two of the churches at Madrid, where he died in 1797.

Charles Townshend, 1st Baron Bayning

He was Secretary to the British Embassy in Madrid between 1751 to 1756 and became known as "Spanish Charles" to distinguish him from his first cousin and namesake.

Denodo

Denodo Technologies is a software company with headquarters located in Palo Alto, CA (USA) and main offices in A Coruña (Spain), Madrid (Spain) and London (UK).

Die geschiedene Frau

Performances followed in Rome on 19 January 1911, in Paris as La divorcée at the Théâtre Apollo on 18 February, and in Madrid as La mujer divorciada at the Teatro Eslava on 23 December the same year, conducted by the composer.

Diego García de Paredes

His native town and its district, which lie between Badajoz and Madrid, produced many of the most noted conquistadores of America, including the Pizarro family.

Domingo Valdivieso y Henarejos

He was first a pupil of Juan Albacete, and then studied successively in the Schools of Art at Madrid, in Paris, and in Rome.

Dona Lluna

It was unveiled on March 11, 2007 by local dignitaries and a symphony orchestra from Madrid.

Donna Hightower

She settled in France and then, in the late 1960s, in Madrid.

Ein Lied kann eine Brücke sein

Sue and Sunny had been in the original line up of Brotherhood of Man (although they had left the group long before the band entered and won Eurovision in 1976) and had backed Lulu in Madrid on "Boom Bang-a-Bang" when she won the contest in 1969.

El Calpense

It also included reviews of Madrid-based Spanish press as well as the British press.

El Liberal

Between 1890 and 1906, it was edited by Miguel Moya (1856–1920), a leading Spanish journalist who would go on to preside the holding company and to found the Asociación de la Prensa de Madrid, which he would also preside from 1895 to 1920.

Enrique Líster

Enrique Líster Forján (April 21, 1907, Ameneiro, A Coruña – December 8, 1994, Madrid) was a Spanish communist politician and military officer.

European Information Technology Observatory

The EITO exists thank to an initiative of Enore Deotto (Milano, † August, 9th, 2008 in Carnia) and the support of Luis-Alberto Petit Herrera (Madrid), Jörg Schomburg (Hannover) and Günther Möller (Frankfurt am Main).

Fort San Pedro

Plans and estimates for the restoration of the fort were completed by Architect Leonardo Concepcion, who had completed his MA in Restoration in Madrid.

Francisco Gómez-Jordana, 1st Count of Jordana

He was born in Madrid, the son of an officer who went on to become a Lieutenant General and one of the High Military Commissioners of Spain in Morocco.

Frank Glasgow Tinker

On July 13, he became the first pilot to shoot down one of the most modern German fighters, a Messerschmitt Bf 109A, near Madrid.

Frank Kozik

Frank Kozik (born 1962 in Madrid) is an American graphic artist best known for his posters for alternative rock bands.

Gabriel de Mendizábal Iraeta

Gabriel de Mendizábal Iraeta "Primer Conde de Cuadro de Alba de Tormes" (14 May 1765, Vergara, Guipúzcoa) - 1 September 1838, Madrid) was a Spanish general officer who fought in the Peninsular War.

Gaita gastoreña

Such instruments are only found outside El Gastor in Madrid and in the Basque Country (see: alboka).

German submarine U-573

The Spanish authorities granted U-573 a three-month period for repairs, which prompted several strong protests from the British Embassy in Madrid.

Giovanni di Filippo del Campo

Giovanni di Filippo del Campo (1600, Cambrai – 1648, Madrid), was a Flemish Baroque painter active in Rome.

Herbert Cyrus Farnum

Mr Farnum returned abroad in April, 1904, when he was absent for 2 years which he spent in London, Paris and then in Madrid and Algiers and later spent considerable time in Italy, with special stay at Capri.

Hermanos Conde

Felipe and Mariano Conde (sons of Mariano Conde Sr.) manufactured flamenco guitars in their workshop at Felipe V St. nº 2 in Madrid close to the Teatro Real (Royal Theatre) and the Palacio Real (Royal Palace).

Holly Oak gorget

It was displayed in the Peabody Museum, the Smithsonian Institution and the International Expositions of Madrid and Chicago before fading from the public eye, only to be resurrected in the 1970s when its authenticity was once again subject to debate.

Inagaki Manjirō

He continued in that role until July 1907 when he was transferred to Madrid, Spain, where he died of illness in 1908.

Infanta Amelia Philippina of Spain

She was born at the royal Palace of Madrid on 12 October 1834 as the eleventh child and sixth daughter of Infante Francisco de Paula of Spain, younger brother of King Fernando VII of Spain, and his wife, Princess Luisa Carlota of Bourbon-Two Sicilies.

Italian Hospital of Montevideo

From this architectural phase come other famous monuments, like the Puerta de Alcalá in Madrid, work of Francesco Sabatini.

Jean Thierry du Mont, comte de Gages

On February 8, 1743, du Mont defeated the Austrians and Sardinians at the Battle of Campo Santo, followed later from September to December 1745 by the 2nd Battle of Milan, 1745 which was widely considered a victory in Madrid.

Jock Cunningham

Along with Frank Ryan he rallied the remnants of the British battalion in a defensive action which held the line outside Madrid, thereby blocking Franco's attempt to seize the capital.

John James Appleton

During President Monroe's administration he was appointed secretary of legation at Brazil, and afterward chargé d'affaires for the United States at Madrid and at Stockholm.

José Luis Gilarranz

His first job was as a lifeguard at the sporting facilities operated by the City of Madrid.

Juan Modesto

He was affiliated with the Communist Party of Spain (PCE) from 1930, and he was placed in charge of the Milicias Antifascistas Obreras y Campesinas (MAOC) of Madrid in 1933, which constituted a paramilitary force for the Party.

Juan Vigón

Juan Vigón Suerodíaz (Colunga, Asturias, Spain 1880 - Madrid 1955) was a Spanish general who fought in the Spanish Civil War for the Nationalists.

Katharine Stewart-Murray, Duchess of Atholl

In Valencia, Barcelona and Madrid she saw the impact of Luftwaffe bombing on behalf of the Nationalists, visited prisoners of war held by the Republicans and considered the impact of the conflict on women and children in particular.

Latin Union

It was created in 1954 in Madrid, Spain, and has existed as a functional institution since 1983.

Lopez Cobos International Opera Conductors Competition

The López-Cobos International Opera Conductors Competition, pioneer in this speciality, is held in the Teatro Real, Madrid every two years since 2006.

Lorenzo de Zavala

In 1820, he was elected to public office, and in 1821 was appointed Deputy to the Spanish Cortes (legislature) in Madrid.

Los Serrano

It tells the story of the Serrano family, who lives in Round Santa Justa No 133, located in the fictional neighborhood of Santa Justa, in the Ribera del Manzanares, in Madrid.

Luis Aragonés

Aragonés spent the majority of his career as a player and coach at Atlético de Madrid.

Luis Jerónimo de Cabrera, 4th Count of Chinchón

Luis Jerónimo Fernández de Cabrera Bobadilla Cerda y Mendoza, 4th Count of Chinchón (1589 in Madrid – October 28, 1647 in Madrid) was a Spanish nobleman and captain general and viceroy of Peru, from January 14, 1629 to December 18, 1639.

Lupe Sino

When she was fourteen, the family moved to Madrid and she began working as a servant, but ended up working in the world of Italian cinema with director Fernando Mignoni.

Madrigal Shipping Lines

Prior to the company's founding, he married Filomena Anastacio, a Filipino doctor based in Madrid on 17 January 1959.

Manuel Pavía y Rodríguez de Alburquerque

On three occasions during the eventful year 1873, as captain-general of Madrid, he offered his services to put an end to the anarchy that was raging in the provinces and to the disorganization prevalent in the Cortes.

Matha Óg Ó Maoil Tuile

He spent some years between 1608 and 1610 in the Spanish navy, but in the latter year was in Madrid.

Matteo Babini

Babini went on to perform all around Europe, including Lisbon, Madrid, Vienna, and London.

Matthew Stirling

When he traveled to Europe with his family after graduation, he found the masquette itself in the Berlin Museum, and intrigued by the Olmec culture, took time to look at other specimens in the Maximilian Collection in Vienna, and later, in Madrid.

Melchor Portocarrero, 3rd Count of Monclova

Don Melchor Portocarrero y Lasso de la Vega, 3rd conde de Monclova (1636, Madrid—September 15, 1705, Lima) was viceroy of New Spain from November 30, 1686 to November 19, 1688 and viceroy of Peru from August 1689 to 1705.

Migrants' African routes

The renewed policy of cooperation between Madrid and Rabat, launched by Government Zapatero in 2004, prompts Moroccan authorities to adopt measures to dissuade and restrain irregular migration, causing a new southward movement of the migratory routes toward the Canary Islands.

Miguel A. Catalán

The Government of the Comunidad de Madrid (Autonomous Region of Madrid) awards the Miguel Catalán Investigation Award in Science since 2005, to honor the memory of Miguel Ángel Catalán.

Miguel de Cervantes Health Care Centre

Miguel de Cervantes Health Care Centre (Miguel de Cervantes H.C.C.) is a building located at Alcalá de Henares (Madrid - Spain), which belongs to the Health Service of Madrid and it is assigned to direct public health care attention.

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It is located at 23 Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer Avenue, Alcalá de Henares (Madrid).

Miguel de Noronha, 4th Count of Linhares

Miguel de Noronha, 4th Count of Linhares (1585 — Madrid, 1647) was a Portuguese noble and military, loyal to King Philip III of Portugal (Philip IV of Spain).

Miguel Verdiguier

He became a director of the Marseille Academy of Statutory, and later became an academic of merit at the San Fernando Academy of Fine Arts in Madrid.

Monica Lovinescu

Part of the broadcast scripts were published as Unde Scurte ("Shortwaves"), in Madrid (1978).

Monumenta Historica Societatis Iesu

A team of experts was appointed and a first volume of the MHSI was published in Madrid in 1894.

Moss Airport, Rygge

In October and November, Ryanair established itself at the airport, and started flights to Alicante, Barcelona, Brussels, Bremen, Madrid, Milano and London.

Nasr Abu Zayd

On 23 July 1995, the couple flew to Madrid, then decided to go from Spain to the Netherlands, where he was invited to teach as a Visiting Professor at the Leiden University.

New Jersey Transit Police Department

This is especially relevant since the 2004 terrorist attacks of the transit system in Madrid, Spain.

Nuno Durão

He had his debut at 26 March 1983, in a 25-4 loss to Spain, in Madrid, for the FIRA Championship D2, Pool B. His last match was at 2 March 1996, in a 64-3 loss to Italy, in Lisbon, for the FIRA Championship D1, Pool 2.

Palace of Zarzuela

The Royal Palace in the centre of Madrid, the former principal residence of the Spanish kings, is the official residence of the King, although it is only used for state occasions.

Pedro Carrasco

This triumph was followed four years later, in 1971, with a victory over Mando Ramos in Madrid by disqualification in 11 rounds for the WBC's world Lightweight title.

Port Royal, South Carolina

Streets running north-south are named after the capitals of nations who have at one time or another settled in the Port Royal area (Paris, London, Madrid, Edinburgh, and Richmond).

Qualimetry

That this initiative was timely and justifiable was borne out by a series of international scholarly conferences fully or partly devoted to issues of qualimetry, e.g., in Moscow, Oslo, Varna, Yerevan, Madrid or Tallinn.

Raymond Virac

Raymond Pierre Virac (Madrid 19 October 1892 - Tananarive, 1946) was a French painter.

Reggie Valarino

Dr. Valarino was born in Madrid, Spain, in 1941 to Federico Garcia Montalvo and Eugenia Valarino.

Rodrigo Riera

Riera started his studies in the Real Conservatorio de Música y Declamación in Madrid in 1952.

Rohan Hoffmann

After becoming a Portuguese naturalized citizen, he decided to represent Portugal, having 27 caps, from the 64-3 loss to Italy, at 2 March 1996, in Lisbon, for the FIRA Championship, D1, Pool 2, to the 34-21 loss to Spain, at 2 June 2002, in Madrid, for the 2003 Rugby World Cup qualifyings.

Romeria

The Romería of the Virgin of Navahonda, celebrated in spring in the Madrilenian municipality of Robledo de Chavela is representative of this tradition.

Rudy de Mérode

At first setting himself up in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, in mid 1945 he was initially to be found in San Sebastián before reaching Madrid, where he dubbed himself "the prince de Mérode".

Sania Ramel Airport

The Tetouan airport continued to be relevant for the new regime and despite fuel supply restrictions two routes continued to make stopovers at Sania Ramel during the early post-war period: Madrid-Seville-Tetouan-Melilla and Seville-Tetouan-Canary Islands.

Sir Wilfrid Laurier Park

The Consulate General of Spain donated the statue to the City of Montreal on behalf of the Institute of Hispanic Culture in Madrid to mark the 467th anniversary of the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus.

Sistema Central

The major mountain ranges are the Sierra de Guadarrama, which runs approximately along the border of the Madrid and Castile and León autonomous communities, the Sierra de Gredos north of the border between Castile and León and Castile-La Mancha stretching into Extremadura and containing the range's highest mountain, Pico Almanzor, at 2,592 m, as well as the Serra da Estrela, containing the highest point in continental Portugal, A Torre, 1.993 m.

Solar power in Spain

BP Solar begun constructing a new solar photovoltaic cell manufacturing plant at its European headquarters in Tres Cantos, Madrid.

Sonia Martínez

Sonia Martínez (Madrid, September 23, 1963 - September 4, 1994) was a Spanish actress and TV introducer, known by her role in the Spanish version of American educational TV broadcast 3-2-1 Contact aimed to spread Science through 12-14 year old audiences.

Spanish battleship Jaime I

At the outbreak of the Nationalist revolt, wireless operators in the navy headquarters Madrid intercepted radio messages from General Francisco Franco to rebels in Morocco.

St. Thomas University School of Law

St. Thomas University School of Law conducts a summer study abroad program in El Escorial, Spain each summer.

Teatro Valle-Inclán

The Teatro Valle-Inclán is a theatre in Madrid, Spain.

The Eyes of a Traitor

The band did only two one-off shows in 2012, initially in Madrid, Spain, with the German metalcore band Caliban, on 4 May 2012, but then they were confirmed to play at Ghostfest 2012 on Sunday 1 July.

Tranvía del Este

Replacing them on the Tranvía del Este was another tram of the same type, but loaned from Madrid, Spain, where it was number 153 (a number it also used in Buenos Aires) in the fleet of the Metro Ligero de Madrid light rail system.

Tropical Tribute to the Beatles

In 1996 a tour was made through Spain (Plaza de Toros (Valencia), Madrid, La Coruña's Coliseum, Barcelona).

Waldo, New Mexico

Waldo was at the junction of the AT&SF main east-west line and the Madrid spur.

Wilhelm Schulz

In 1854 he moved to Madrid, where he taught in the Mining Engineering School and was vice-president of the Geological Institute.

William North, 6th Baron North

North died in Madrid on 31 October 1734, when he was succeeded in his estates and in the title of Baron North by a first cousin once removed, Francis North, 3rd Baron Guilford, the grandson of North's uncle Lord Chancellor North.

Zarkana

Zarkana began as a seasonal touring show, playing at Radio City Music Hall in New York, the Kremlin Palace in Moscow, and the Madrid Arena in Madrid.


10:30 P.M. Summer

On their way to Madrid, they stop in a small town and are told by police that a local man who has killed his wife and her lover is on the loose in the area.

2004 Spanish Figure Skating Championships

The 2004 Championships took place between 12 December and 14 December 2003 in Madrid.

Abdalajís Tunnel

Although the AVE Class 102 is not speed-restricted in tunnels, but trains covering the Madrid-Málaga high-speed route slow down from 300 km/h to 160 km/h before entering the Abdalajís and Gobantes Tunnels, even though the Abdalajís Tunnel's curvature radius of 6900 m can theoretically support trains without tilting technology travelling at speeds of up to 392 km.

Adrien-François Servais

He is one of the founders of the Modern Cellistic Schools of Paris and Madrid, which began with his friend Auguste Franchomme and his disciple Víctor Mirecki Larramat.

André Sapir

He is Member of the King Baudouin Foundation’s Board of Trustees and Chairman of its Selection Committee for the King Baudouin International Development Prize; and of the International Scientific Advisory Councils of the Vienna Institute for Comparative Economic Studies (WIIW), of Centre d'Etudes Prospectives et d'Informations Internationales (CEPII) in Paris, and of Fundacion Ideas in Madrid.

Anthony Ascham

In 1650, he was appointed to represent the Commonwealth of England in Spain, but he never presented his credentials to the Court as he was murdered by a group of six Royalists émigrés in an Inn in Madrid on 27 May.

Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle

Whilst in the Netherlands, he "discovered" Antonis Mor and introduced him to the Madrid court, and he also patronised Giambologna and arranged his first visit to Italy.

Avinguda Diagonal

The construction of Avinguda Diagonal is one of the projects it entailed that became reality, when a Royal Decree from Queen Isabella II of Spain and Leopoldo O'Donnell's Spanish government in Madrid allowed him to start the construction of the avenue in 1859.

Ayoub Qanir

Qanir was raised in Madrid, Spain where he attended The American School of Madrid.

Belper School

Prof David Leslie Hawksworth CBE, mycologist and lichenologist, Research Professor since 2001 at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Complutense University of Madrid), President from 1986-7 of the British Lichen Society, from 1990-1 of the British Mycological Society and from 1994-7 of the International Union of Biological Sciences, and Editor from 200-8 of Mycological Research

Carlos Coloma

Don Carlos Coloma de Saa, 1st Marquess of Espinar (Alicante, 9 February 1566 – 23 November 1637, Madrid) was a Spanish military commander, diplomat and author.

Casa de la Panadería

Carlos Franco won with a design based on mythological figures such as Cybele, Proserpine, Bacchus, and Cupid, as well as others invented by the artist, interwoven into the history of Madrid and the Plaza Mayor.

Cerro de los Batallones

Cerro de los Batallones (Hill of the Battalions) is a hill at Torrejón de Velasco, Madrid, Spain where a number of fossil sites from the Upper Miocene (MN10) have been found.

Craig Boreham

In 2008, LesGaiCineMad and Fundación Triángulo in Madrid, programmed a retrospective of Boreham's short films titled True Cinema Poison.

David E. Muller

After a brief stay in Madrid and Paris, in September 1937, Hermann moved to Edinburgh, where he married Dorothea Kantorowicz in May 1939.

Diego Xaraba

He is known to have been working as the organist of El Pilar in Zaragoza in around 1676; he was later employed in the chapel of Carlos II in Madrid, where he died.

Eduardo Haro Tecglen

The homage to him, held at the Teatro Español, a few days after his death, was attended by, among others, the founder of Triunfo, José Ángel Ezcurra; the journalist Fernando Delgado; the former and current editors of El País, Juan Luis Cebrián and Joaquín Estefanía, respectively; the president de PRISA, Jesús de Polanco; the actors Diego Galán and Núria Espert, and the then mayor of Madrid, Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón.

Fernando Alvarez

Fernando Martín Álvarez (born 1947), president of the Spanish football club Real Madrid

Flag of Sardinia

Over the centuries the flag or coat of arms of the four Moors were depicted in various ways: without bandage, with blindfold or forehead, left or right, or crowned, with no moors, in reverse, and this according to the mode of the charged artist, such as that under the leadership of Diego Velázquez and Francisco de Zurbaran represented in the Palacio del Buen Retiro in Madrid.

Gaspar Llamazares

In the 2004 general election, Llamazares was elected Deputy for Madrid (as it is tradition for the Prime Ministerial Candidates of the national parties to be candidates for Madrid) but IU obtained its worst result ever with only 3 seats in Congress (5 in coalition with Initiative for Catalonia Greens).

Ketama

Each of the three come from great flamenco dynasties: the Heredias of Madrid, the Habichuelas of Granada and the Carmonas of Jerez.

La Quinta del Buitre

With the years, the "Quinta Del Buitre" has earned a more generic meaning, being also associated with a brand of football played by Real Madrid in the late 1980s and early 1990s, under the stewardship of coaches Luis Molowny, Leo Beenhakker and John Toshack.

Liat Cohen

Cohen has played at the Palais des beaux-arts (Brussels), Círculo de Bellas Artes (Madrid), Salle Cortot (Paris), the National Theatre of Costa Rica, the Opéra national de Montpellier, the Musée des Invalides (Paris), the Skirball Cultural Center (Los Angeles), The Palais des congrès de Lyon, the Jerusalem Theatre (Tel Aviv), and the Palazzo Barberini in Rome.

Los Trece

According to El País of Madrid, until May 2011 the president had accumulated 1,025 brands and 280 Saturday programs, called City Link.

Mansour Kasse

In 2011/2012, he has been a dominant power-forward in Real Madrid B (Spanish’s EBA division), coached by Alberto Angulo, and he has been training and traveling with the Real Madrid's first team, in Spanish ACB League and Euroleague.

Mediapro

MediaPro is based in Barcelona, with branch offices in Girona, Amsterdam, Budapest, Lisbon, Madeira, Madrid, Miami, Porto, Qatar, Seville and Tenerife.

Muñoz Seca Theater

The Muñoz Seca Theater (Teatro Muñoz Seca) is a theater in Madrid, Spain.

Olga Sinclair

She started painting studies with her father, the painter Alfredo Sinclair and went in 1976 to the Academy of Applied Arts in Madrid, Spain.

Olympiacos F.C. in European football

Olympiacos opened the second round of the group stage with a draw 0–0 to Real Madrid at the Karaiskakis Stadium and kept alive the record of being undefeated by Real Madrid in Athens in four matches, while the Reds moved a step closer to qualifying for the last 16 after coming from behind to defeat Lazio 2–1 in Stadio Olimpico.

Opta Sports

Opta Sports is a sports data company with headquarters in London and other offices in Leeds, Munich, Bassano del Grappa, Milan, Paris, Madrid, Montevideo and Amsterdam.

Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Alonso María Cristino Justo (28 May 1912 Madrid, Spain–18 November 1936 Spain); Killed in action during the Spanish Civil War

Santo Niño de Atocha

The town of Atocha, a now-lost district nearby Arganzuela, Madrid was lost to the Muslims, and many Christians there were taken prisoners as spoils of war.

Simo

SIMO TCI (Salón Internacional de Mobiliario de Oficina / Tecnologías de la Comunicación e Información International Show of Office Furniture / Information and Communication Technologies), an annual trade fair in Madrid, Spain

Spiegel scandal

Strauß was finally forced to admit that he had phoned the German military attaché in Madrid and urged him to have Ahlers arrested.

The Bacchanal of the Andrians

The painting is now held at the Museo del Prado in Madrid, but it was commissioned by Alfonso I d'Este for his Camerini d'alabastro ('chambers of alabaster') in Ferrara.

Victorio Codovilla

Codovilla was sent to Madrid to advise the Communist Party of Spain (Partido Comunista de España or PCE) on behalf of the Comintern.

Virgilio Paz Romero

According to the National Security Archive, Virgilio Paz met DINA agent Michael Townley and Italian terrorist Stefano Delle Chiaie in Madrid, in 1975, to prepare, with the help of Francisco Franco's secret police, the murder of Christian Democrat Bernardo Leighton.

Zulema de la Cruz

Zulema de la Cruz was born in Madrid and studied at the Madrid Conservatory for piano and composition and Stanford University in California for composition and computer music, with professors including Carmelo Bernaola and Ramón Barce.