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Urban Monuments = One of the two largest urban monuments in the Spanish Empire were, Seville and Madrid.   = = = = = Seville is more than two thousand years old, and is the capital of a spanish region called Andalusia and is also a big city in the south of Spain, in Europe. The Guadalquivir River is a huge river that goes through Seville.

An ancient old story says that this city was started by Hercules, the famous hero of Greece. When the Romans traveled to Spain, they gave it the Latin name "Hispalis." Over time this Hispalis changed into the word Seville, spelled in English. In Seville there is a beautiful bridge across the Guadalquivir River called Puente del Alamillo. Santiago Calatrava, a famous building expert thought it up. An interesting fact you might not have come across to is that Seville is the home town of two soccer teams, Sevilla FC (usually called "El Sevilla") and REal Betis Balompie (often called "El Betis"). You might not know a lot about Seville, but I hope this information gave you some idea. Madrid is the lagest city and happens to be the capital of Spain as well. Madrid is located in the middle of Spain, in the community of Madrid. The community of Madrid is a large area that contains the city as well as small towns and villages outside the city. From the second century, Madrid was ruled by the Romans, but in 1083, Spain was ruled by the spaniards. In the mid sixteen century, it became the capital of a huge emire. Spain was ruled by monarchs from the house of Hasburg, the House of Bourbon. As it is the capitaly city, Madrid, is where the monarch lives and also where the government meets. In Madrid there are large buisnesses that have their main offices, because MAdrid is the financial centre of Spain. Resources http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madrid  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seville