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<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Madrid, the best place to learn Spanish<\/strong><\/h3><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>Because we have Art (Picasso, Goya, the Prado Museum, the Thyssen Museum…).<\/p>\n
Because you will enjoy its tapas bars, its summer terraces, its blue skies.<\/p>\n
Because you will love Madrid’s nightlife with its multicultural and cosmopolitan atmosphere.<\/p>\n
Because it is a city that never sleeps, and where you will always have things to do, from enjoying the city with its historical sites to walking in the mountains<\/p>\n
Because it is also the city of fashion, you can go shopping in its most popular stores.<\/p>\n
Because you can practice sports in its parks such as Retiro Park, Sabatini Gardens, Madrid River, Royal Botanical Gardens, Temple of Debod Gardens and “many more”…<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Plaza de la Paja<\/strong><\/h3><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>The Plaza de la Paja, formerly owned by the Marquis of Comillas, is located in the heart of Madrid de los Austrias. It was so called because the straw that was given to the canons of the neighbouring Bishop’s Chapel for the maintenance of the mules they owned was auctioned there. Because of its location, spaciousness and the buildings that surrounded it, it was the true center of the interior life of the neighborhood and the main and most important square of the town during almost all the Middle Ages, until in the time of John II, the Plaza del Arrabal was formed on the Luj\u00e1n lagoon, which later would become the Plaza Mayor of the court of Spain. Since the 13th century it has been the commercial centre as a market place in the city.
\nThe main noble families of Madrid lived here. Palaces such as those of the Lasso de Castilla, the Vargas, the Marqu\u00e9s de la Romana or the Palace of Isabel la Cat\u00f3lica, so called because the Catholic Kings lived in this square, but it is an inaccurate statement, since the Kings lived in the Palace of the Lasso de Castilla, which was located very close and in the same square.
\nThe square is an irregular enclosure that saves a considerable slope, caused by the ravine of the disappeared stream of San Pedro, in whose bed is now the street Segovia. Now the square is a group of buildings of historical and artistic interest, both religious and civil.
\nIn the northern area of the square, we can find the wonderful Bishop’s Chapel, which is attached to the Palacio de los Vargas. This chapel belongs to the religious complex of San Andr\u00e9s, where there was an elevated passageway that joined the parish with the Palacio de los Lasso, through which the kings entered the private area of the church where they could hear mass.<\/p>\n<\/div>
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Madrid, the best place to learn Spanish<\/strong><\/h3><\/span>
<\/div><\/div><\/div>Because we have Art (Picasso, Goya, the Prado Museum, the Thyssen Museum…).<\/p>\n
Because you will enjoy its tapas bars, its summer terraces, its blue skies.<\/p>\n
Because you will love Madrid’s nightlife with its multicultural and cosmopolitan atmosphere.<\/p>\n
Because it is a city that never sleeps, and where you will always have things to do, from enjoying the city with its historical sites to walking in the mountains<\/p>\n
Because it is also the city of fashion, you can go shopping in its most popular stores.<\/p>\n
Because you can practice sports in its parks such as Retiro Park, Sabatini Gardens, Madrid River, Royal Botanical Gardens, Temple of Debod Gardens and “many more”…<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Plaza de la Paja<\/strong><\/h3><\/span>
<\/div><\/div><\/div>The Plaza de la Paja, formerly owned by the Marquis of Comillas, is located in the heart of Madrid de los Austrias. It was so called because the straw that was given to the canons of the neighbouring Bishop’s Chapel for the maintenance of the mules they owned was auctioned there. Because of its location, spaciousness and the buildings that surrounded it, it was the true center of the interior life of the neighborhood and the main and most important square of the town during almost all the Middle Ages, until in the time of John II, the Plaza del Arrabal was formed on the Luj\u00e1n lagoon, which later would become the Plaza Mayor of the court of Spain. Since the 13th century it has been the commercial centre as a market place in the city.
\nThe main noble families of Madrid lived here. Palaces such as those of the Lasso de Castilla, the Vargas, the Marqu\u00e9s de la Romana or the Palace of Isabel la Cat\u00f3lica, so called because the Catholic Kings lived in this square, but it is an inaccurate statement, since the Kings lived in the Palace of the Lasso de Castilla, which was located very close and in the same square.
\nThe square is an irregular enclosure that saves a considerable slope, caused by the ravine of the disappeared stream of San Pedro, in whose bed is now the street Segovia. Now the square is a group of buildings of historical and artistic interest, both religious and civil.
\nIn the northern area of the square, we can find the wonderful Bishop’s Chapel, which is attached to the Palacio de los Vargas. This chapel belongs to the religious complex of San Andr\u00e9s, where there was an elevated passageway that joined the parish with the Palacio de los Lasso, through which the kings entered the private area of the church where they could hear mass.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>- <\/span><\/li><\/span><\/li><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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