Madrid and Madrid
January 22nd, 2009 Olympics Madrid 2016Madrid is home to Real Madrid, who play in estádio Santiago Bernabéu. Their followers are known as vikingos, Vikings, or, more frequently, merengues, meringues. Their hometown rivals, Atlético Madrid, are also supported in the city and their supporters called the sufridores that suffer. Players are known as colchoneros, mattresses, in relation to the teams red and white jerseys, which were designed mattress material is the cheapest at the time of formation of the club. Madrid contribution to sport is further noticed that it hosted the 1982 FIFA World Cup final. Along with Barcelona, Glasgow and Lisbon, Madrid is one of the four cities in Europe contain two UEFA 5-star stadia: Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabéu and Atlético Madrid’s Vicente Calderon to meet the criteria.
Some of Spain is the best and well-known footballers are madrileños, including Real Madrid legend Emilio Butragueño and co (La Quinta del Buitre, “The Vulture’s Cohort”), Liverpool is Pepe Reina and Fernando Torres and Real Madrid veteran Raúl González and Iker Casillas .
The city is also hosting two basketball teams in the Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto (ACB League) and the Circuito Permanente Del Jarama, a motorsport race circuit, which previously hosted the Spanish Formula One Grand Prix. Historically, the city serves as the last stage of the Vuelta a Espana biker classic as well as in Paris at the Tour de France.
Skiing is possible near the Sierra de Guadarrama, where ski resorts are Valdesqui and Navacerrada.
City bid for hosting the 1972 and 2012 Summer Olympic Games, which were lost to Munich and London respectively. However, Madrid is currently bid to host the Summer Olympic Games in 2016.
Madrid is home to a large number of public and private universities. Some of them are among the oldest in the world.
Autonomous University of Madrid is one of the most prestigious universities in Spain. It is the number one ranked public universities in Spain, and was introduced under the leadership of the famous physicist, Nicolás Cabrera. The Autonoma is widely recognized for its strengths in research in theoretical physics. We have only the Autónoma in Madrid, his home page is Cantoblanco Campus, located 10 miles (16 km) northeast of the capital (M-607) and the forthcoming municipal area of Madrid, namely Alcobendas, San Sebastián de los Reyes, Tres Cantos and Colmenar Viejo. Situated on the main page of the Rectorate building and the Faculty of Science, philosophy and art, law, economics and Business Studies, Psychology, Higher School of Computer Science and Engineering, and Faculty Teaching and education. Medical school is located outside the main page, and next to La Paz hospital universitario.
Other local universities, among many others, the Technical University of Madrid, as a result of merging the various technical schools, engineering, Universidad de Alcalá de Henares, rebuilt in Alcalá de Henares in 1975, Carlos III, whose philosophy is to create responsible free-thinking people with a sensitivity to social problems and their involvement in the concept of progress based on freedom, justice and tolerance and the Universidad Comillas PONTIFICIA that are involved in a number of academic exchange programs, work procedures and practices of international projects with more than 200 higher education institutions in Europe, Latin America , North America and Asia.
Other universities in Madrid: Rey Juan Carlos University (public), Universidad Alfonso X, Universidad Antonio de Nebrija, Universidad Camilo José Cela, Universidad Francisco de Vitoria, Universidad Europea de Madrid, Universidad de Salamanca Campus de Madrid PONTIFICIA, Saint Louis University (Madrid Campus) and Universidad San Pablo CEU (all private).
Madrid is also home to the Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofia, Real Conservatorio Superior de Música de Madrid and many other private educational institutions.
Spain on the rail system, Red Nacional de Ferrocarriles Españoles (RENFE) operates the vast majority of Spain’s railways. In Madrid, the main rail terminals are Atocha in the south and north Chamartín.
Crown Jewels Spain next decade infrastructure is the Spanish high-speed rail network, Alta velocidad Española AVE. At present, the ambitious plan includes building a 7,000 km (4,350 mile) network, aimed at Madrid. The overall objective is that all important provincial cities be no more than 4 hours from Madrid, and no more than 6 hours from Barcelona. Since 2008, AVE high-speed train link to the Atocha station Sevilla, Barcelona and Toledo in the south and Zaragoza, Lleida, Barcelona and Tarragona in the east. AVE trains also arrive to Valladolid and Segovia.