Manzanares (river) Republican forces during the Siege of Madrid in the Spanish Civil War, and many bunkers can still be seen near the village of Perales del Río. The Bridge of the French was of crucial importance because of its strategic location. There, nationalist forces were repeatedly repelled and denied access to Madrid’s city center. Manzanares (river) The Manzanares () is a river in central Spain, which flows from the Sierra de Guadarrama, passes through Madrid, and eventually empties into the Jarama river, which in turn is a tributary to the Tagus. In its urban section, the Manzanares River as it appears
Madrid, Cundinamarca Madrid, Cundinamarca Madrid () is a town and municipality in the Western Savanna Province, part of the department of Cundinamarca, Colombia. The city is located at from the capital Bogotá. The city's main and biggest industry is the growing of flowers, especially roses which are mostly exported to the United States and Japan. Madrid borders Bojacá, El Rosal, Facatativá, Funza, Mosquera, Sibaté, Soacha, Subachoque, Tabio and Tenjo. Madrid is named after its founder; Pedro Fernández Madrid. The area of Madrid was inhabited early in the of the Bogotá savanna, evidenced by archaeological findings at Lake Herrera. The Muisca inhabited the