The Historian · Martín · Madrid
Palacio Real
I don't come for the gilt. I come because this hill has been the seat of whoever ruled Madrid for a thousand years, Muslim and Christian alike.
The biggest royal palace in Western Europe, built where the Moorish fortress and then the old Alcázar stood until it burned in 1734. Layer upon layer of Madrid's power on one hill.
— Martín, The Historian
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