Some parts of Madrid had an especially Spanish feel.
The sidewalk in some places is only a few centimeters above the street. Here, steel posts demark the path for trucks to take through the pedestrian area to the service entrance. We also saw this in Sevilla.
Notice the shutters on the outside of the windows. At home, working shutters generally are inside windows.
Calle de la Almudena, identified by the tile sign on a building.
A statue of A Don Alvaro de Bazan in Plaza de la Villa No. 2, Royal Academia de Ciencias Morales Y Politicas.
The flowers at the base of the statue are beautiful.
A tiled entryway
Here, the restored Madrid is next to a building getting a facelift.
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Last modified on 2003 March 30
