Manzanares (river) 2009 a project is in progress to provide river beaches and other facilities for Madrid residents. The Manzanares skims past the westernmost part of the city and further downstream serves as a dividing line between the old centre of the city and the Carabanchel and Usera neighbourhoods to the southwest. It is along this stretch that it passes next to Atlético Madrid's former football ground, the Vicente Calderón. The river leaves the city at its southernmost tip. It makes a strong eastern turn which takes it past the village of Perales del Río and towards the river Jarama, into which
Francisco de Manzanares y Dardos de Zamora, natives of Ronda (Spain). In 1613, was appointed Mateo Leal de Ayala, as lieutenant governor of the Río de la Plata and Francisco de Salas and Francisco de Manzanares, occupied the positions of alcaldes of first and second vote of the city. As a member of the council, Manzanares participated in the funeral honors performed to Diego Marín de Negrón, governor of Buenos Aires, who died in the city in 1613. And also participating in the swearing of Francés de Beaumont y Navarra, as the new governor. Francisco de Manzanares y Dardos held the position of Alguacil mayor