Madrid has an origin story most people never hear. Before it was a capital of empires, it was a strategic outpost—built for defense, shaped by geography, and defined by water. It’s the kind of place that makes you rethink what “beginnings” really look like.
Impactful historical note: Madrid was founded as Mayrit around 865 by the Umayyad emir Muhammad I, as part of a chain of fortified settlements on the frontier.
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