Madrid
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- Names
Madrid
Majerit
- Place Type
- inhabited place
- Description
- Was Moorish fortress; taken by Ramiro II of León in 932 CE; captured again from Moors by Alfonso VI of Castile in 1083; rapid expansion under Bourbon kings, particularly Charles III in 18th cen.; under French occupation during Peninsular War 1808-1812.
- Authority
- Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- Source
- Canby, Historic Places (1984); Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961); Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985); Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988); NGA/NIMA database (2003-); Times Atlas of the World (1994); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984);
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