Manzanares (river) 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 today, with a section of water several meters deep, in some parts navigable by canoes, is the result and the product of the work of dozens of years of channeling and damming. The river Manzanares has its source near the Navacerrada mountain pass in the Guadarrama mountain range. The upper river basin is
Berta Serra Manzanares Berta Serra Manzanares Berta Serra Manzanares she born 1958 (60 years) is a Spanish poet and novelist. She was born in Rubí, Barcelona and studied Hispanic philology at the University of Barcelona. She published several volumes of poetry in the 1990s. Turning to fiction, she was nominated for the Premio Herralde for her debut novel "El otro lado del mundo". Her second novel was called "El oeste más lejano". Her most recent novel "Los ojos del huracán" is centred on the slave trade in colonial Cuba. She lives in Terrassa and teaches Spanish language and literature at IES Blanxart. in