What kind of music is found in Madrid, Spain? What is it's location and architecture like?

When you walk around Madrid, you mainly hear South American groups and musicians playing in the streets. Popular music? Have a look at http://new.es.music.yahoo.com/ That will give a good idea. Traditional Music? There are some great Flamenco shows in Madrid but traditional music is probably the 'jota' Or the 'chotis' see. (OK I know Augustín Lara was a Mexican) Then there is Zarzuela (see YouTube) Location. It is an artificial capital sited in the centre of the Iberian peninsula. As to architecture, Madrid has very few medieval buildings because it only became capital in the middle of the 16th Century and was an artificial capital with no real business other than the court for years. (The old stuff is in nearby Toledo, the old capital). The Plaza Mayor is basically a late 18th century monument on a much older site. Many of Madrid's great buildings are disappointingly modern. In fact the Cathedral, La Almudena, is modern. There are also some really grim examples of fascist architecture. There is a lot of interesting modern architecture. The good, the bad and the awfully bad. Here are couple of articles with links. http://www.whatmadrid.com/architecture.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madrid A lot of buildings were destroyed by both sides during the Civil War.

Madrid is a city with more than 3 million of people and its Madrid Metropolitan Area has 5.8 million, being the 3rd population center in the EU http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Largest_population_centres_in_the_European_Union Basically, Madrid it's not an ethnic place in which people dress ethnically or something. Lady Gaga and other worldwide music stars are also the main figures there. Obviously, being in an spanish-speaking country, music in spanish is popular there, as well, both from the americas (Juanes, Shakira) or from Spain (Pereza, Estopa) The architecture is mostly neoclassic when talking about old important buildings.

MUSIC: Madrid is a cosmopolitan city. People from all around the world live there, therefore you can find music from any corner of the planet. Of course the Spanish pop music (Madrid was the hearth of "La Movida", a cultural movement during the 1980´s), or folk (flamenco, chotis -> this is the indigenous music of Madrid), or jazz... The cultural life of Madrid is extraordinary, (talking not only about music, but also theater, cinema, arts, conferences...) And teh night life of Madrid is considered teh most lively of Europe ("Madrid never sleeps") ARCHITECTURE: Pictures: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madrid#Other_historic_buildings Madrid is the biggest city of Spain and the 3th biggest city of Europe. It is teh most polular destination for the Spanish tourists (iternationally Barcelona is beter known thanks to a very sucessfull marketing campaign, but among the Spaniards Madrid is the preferred one) The historical centre of Madrid is a lovely net of narrow streets that lead to big nd monumental avenues. The Royal Palace (palacio de Oriente), the Plaza Mayor, Place de Cibeles, Gran Vía (New York style) and Paseo de la Castellana (Paris style) are some of the highlights. The city dates from the middle of the ninth Century, when Mohammad I ordered the construction of a small palace. The citadel was conquered in 1085 by Alfonso VI. He reconsecrated the mosque as the church of the Virgin of Almudena, now the Catedral de la Almudena. Jews and Moors continued to live in the city in their quarter, still known today as the "Moreria". The Royal Palace of Madrid and the buildings and monuments of the Paseo del Prado in a sober Baroque international style deserve special mention. On Calle Princesa lies el Ejército del Aire (Fascist Neoclassicism), a scaled-down replica of the famous Monastery San Lorenzo del Escorial. The heart of Madrid is the Puerta del Sol it against Real Casa de Correos, is kilometer 0. Alcalá Street leads from the Puerta del Sol to the northeast of the city. From here you reach the Plaza de Cibeles, which are landmarks such as the Cibeles fountain, the Bank of Spain or the Palacio de Comunicaciones, the current town hall in Madrid. Then the street from the Place de la Independencia, which are the Puerta de Alcalá and Retiro park entrance, which are landmarks such as the Crystal Palace, near the pond. In the vicinity with the M-30 will cross the Plaza de Toros de Las Ventas, Joseph Espeliús, very late example of neo-Mudejar. Main Street leads to the Plaza Mayor, built and rebuilt in successive statements of the Masters of Madrid, the architects present at the Madrid, continuing the so-called Madrid de los Austrias, finally arriving at Calle Bailen, near the Almudena Cathedral, to be carried out various projects since the eighteenth century to reach that finally executed, the Fernando Chueca Goitia and Carlos Sidro, winners of the competition held in 1950 (the Neo-Romanesque crypt, the oldest and most valuable of all is the late nineteenth century), and Real Basilica de San Francisco el Grande . Near this point are the ruins of the Moorish wall and tower of the old Bone mayrit strength and the subsequent Christian wall. In this environment are some of the most beautiful gardens of the city, like the Campo del Moro and the Jardines de Sabatini. Something more to the west are the Casa de Campo and the environment of the Manzanares River, crossed by bridges of Segoviaand Toledo on the streets of the same name. In the second, later, is the Puerta de Toledo. From there Bailen Street leads to the Plaza of Spain and the Temple of Debod, an Egyptian temple stone by stone moved to Spain in gratitude for the help offered in the construction of the Aswan Dam. Also in this plaza comes the Gran Via in Madrid, which will move north leaving the Malasaña, an important cultural activity and night and prices at the Plaza de Callao and later with the Calle Montera - three from the Puerta del Sol. At this point Malasaña gives way to the district of Chueca. La Gran Via finally end when crossed with the Alcala street. Arenal Street comes to the Teatro Real in the Plaza de Opera, continuing to the Plaza de Oriente, where the Palacio Real. The financial district in downtown Madrid is the north area. The purpose was to create a huge block of modern office buildings with metro and railway connections in the expansion area of northern Madrid, just in front of Real Madrid stadium.Cuatro Torres Business Area is a business park that was completed in 2008. This block contains the tallest skyscrapers in Madrid and Spain. A new commercial and economic area with plenty of skylines is going to be constructed during the next years. Madrid Barajas International Airport Terminal 4 (winning them the 2006 Stirling Prize and the 2006 IStructE Award for Commercial Structures) was inaugurated in 2006. Terminal 4 is one of the world's largest terminal areas.

1. Flamenco 2. Popular music 3. Jazz all of these are found throughout the country tho Madrid and Barcelona probably show the most diversity. The architecture goes from the aqueduct built in the Roman empire in Segovia to Gaudi in Barcelona to the latest modern architecture in Madrid.

HHAHAHAHA, Rachel! Lol... Spanish project. :P