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Madrid

Madrid is the capital of Spain, in the centre of the Iberian peninsula. Philip II made it the permanent seat of the royal court in 1561. From then on it was the centre of government of the Spanish Empire, where the councils that administered its territories were based.

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Mentioned in 8 profiles

Spanish EmpireGovernance Duchy of BurgundyDecline Republic of GenoaDecline Crown of CastileGovernance, Summary Duchy of MilanGovernance Habsburg SpainGovernance, Summary Sulu SultanateDecline Mesoamerican religionTexts, Summary

Mentioned in 9 state histories

Carpetani Habsburg Spain Bonapartist Spain Carlist State Canton of Cartagena Canton of Málaga Spanish Sahara Second Spanish Republic Generalitat of Catalonia (1931-1939)

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APA: The Epoch Institute. (2026). Madrid. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/madrid
MLA: “Madrid.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/madrid. Accessed .
Chicago: The Epoch Institute. “Madrid.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/madrid.
Harvard: The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Madrid’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/madrid (Accessed: ).

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