The siege of Madrid was a two-and-a-half-year siege of the Republican-controlled Spanish capital city of Madrid by the Nationalist armies, under General...

Gonzalo Queipo de Llano—tried to overthrow the Popular Front government of the Second Spanish Republic. The occupation of the capital, Madrid, was one of...

Colmenar de Oreja is a town and municipality of the Las Vegas comarca, in the Community of Madrid, Spain. It was subject to a seven-month siege in 1139...

municipal offices of the City of Madrid in 2007, moving its departments from the Casa de la Villa (House of the City) and the Casa de Cisneros, which were both...

practices, sieges, and ceremonies, in "both purely Byzantine and Western styles while also reflecting Islamic elements". Illustrations from Madrid Skylitzes...

Bernardo Vicente de Gálvez y Madrid, 1st Count of Gálvez (23 July 1746 – 30 November 1786) was a Spanish military leader and government official who served...

The 2004 Madrid train bombings (also known in Spain as 11M) were a series of coordinated, nearly simultaneous bombings against the Cercanías commuter train...

122 Eby, Cecil D. The Siege of the Alcazar. Random House, 1965, p.187 Boletin de GEFREMA - Grupo de estudios del Frente de Madrid no.14 November 2008 Tucker...

history of Madrid dates to the 9th century, even though the area has been inhabited since the Stone Age. The primitive nucleus of Madrid, a walled military...

Salamanca 8 Ciudad 7 Talavera 6 Corunna 5 Tudela 4 Bailén 3 Valencia 2 Madrid 1    At the siege of Burgos, from 19 September to 21 October 1812, the Anglo-Portuguese...