Stately avenues, impressive buildings and beautiful squares full of traditional taverns are the attractions in the Madrid that you definitely should visit for. With its own kingdom, the place named Gran Via, an avenue that covers diverse aspects of the Madrid’s life including magnificent architecture and a red light district. Madrid’s Queen resides on the tiny square called Red de San Luis, the area where the Gran Via goes from uphill to downhill. The queen appears every day at noon after she has heard her sleep’s worth. Men donning gaudy green uniforms with “Limplenza” emblazoned on their backs thoroughly sweep the squares, emptying the gadget cans.

The city’s bars, streets and outdoor cafes start getting their normal crowd in the evening when the city rises back to life with the day’s heat disappearing into the night. The city is the third most populous city in the European Union and is located on the Manzanares River, it is both the center of the country and the Madrid communities including the autonomous Catille and Leon and the Castile-La Mancha. It is the seat of the nation’s government and residence to the Spanish Monarch.

Madrid is a major financial center on the Iberian Peninsula with its economic output, standard of living and market size, it hosts the head offices of many a Spanish company and has 3 of the World’s largest companies headquartered in the city. These include Telefonica, Resol-YPF and Branco Santander. With its modern infrastructure, Madrid still preserves the feel of its historic neighborhood. It has some of Europe’s most remarkable landmarks including the large Royal Palace of Madrid and the Teatro Real with its Opera House, duly restored in the year 1850. The Madrid community has a president as the highest ranking officer in the immediate Madrid.

Other important sites in Madrid includes the Prado Museum, The Museo Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum housed in the palace of Villahermosa and the 19th century National Library building. The library itself was founded in the year 1712, and takes the place of honor with the Buen Retiro Park founded in the 17th century. Madrid is place to live for nearly 3.2 million people, the entire urban area population reaches 5.1 million and clocks to 5.84 million for the whole metropolitan area covering Madrid’s 698 square kilometers. The city has a rich history with the virtue of having once belonged to the diocese of Complutum in Roman times.