DA LI STE OVO ZNALI O MADRIDU? DID YOU KNOW THIS ABOUT MADRID?
M adrid is an amazing city that holds a special place in our hearts, and in the hearts of the millions of people who visit it each year. The capital of Spain, it is home to some of the world’s most passionate football fans and is the largest city of the Iberi- an Peninsula! There are many facts that everyone knows about this marvellous city’s famous sites, but even a city that’s as famous as Madrid has some secrets of its own! Maybe you already know
them, but maybe you don’t. ABOVE ALL THE REST
M adrid je neverovatan grad ko- ji ima posebno mesto u sr- cima miliona ljudi koji ga poseću- ju svake godine. To je prestonica Španije, dom najstrastvenijih na- vijača na svetu i najveći grad na Pirinejskom poluostrvu! Postoje mnoge činjenice koje svi znaju o poznatim lokacijama u ovom pre- divnom gradu, ali čak i grad poznat kao Madrid ima neke svoje tajne! Možda ste znali, a možda i niste! IZNAD SVIH DRUGIH Većina ljudi ne razmišlja o Madridu kada razmišlja o gradovima smešte- nim među oblake, a trebalo bi! Madrid se nalazi na najvećoj nadmorskoj vi- sini od svih glavnih gradova u Evropi, na 667 metara! MEDVEĐE VOĆE Zvanični simbol Madrida je El Oso y El Madroño, što znači medved i drvo jagode, i prikazuje medu ka- ko stoji na zadnjim nogama i je- de sa drveta. Tu je statua simbo- la u Puerta de Solu, koja teži više
od 20 tona, a simbol je i Fudbal- skog kluba Atletiko Madrid. Kažu da su pre mnogo godina medvedi lutali oko Madrida i ponekad ulazi- li u sam grad. ĐAVO U PARKU Park Retiro u Madridu ima jedinu sta- tuu posvećenu palom anđelu Lucife- ru. Kip je u parku Fuente del Angel Caido i ima gargojle koji bacaju vo- du sa dna. SUNČANI GRAD Osim što ima neke od najdramatičnijih i najlepših zalazaka sunca koje ste ikada videli, Madrid ima više dana bez obla- ka nego bilo koji drugi grad u Evropi. U proseku oko 250 sunčanih dana. MACANI Ponekad ljude iz Madrida nazivaju ga- tos, što znači mačke, a mnogi to pri- pisuju činjenici da dugo spavaju kao mace. Ipak, istorijski, nadimak se od- nosi na španskog vojnika koji se po- peo na spoljne zidove sa toliko spret- nosti, da je sve koji su ga posmatrali podsetio na mačku.
Most people don’t consider Madrid when thinking of cities that are perched among the clouds, but they should! Madrid is situ- ated at the highest elevation of any capital in Europe, at 667 me- tres, or 2,188 feet above sea-level! DEVIL IN THE PARK Madrid’s El Retiro Park has the only statue dedicated to the fallen angel Lucifer. The statue is located at the park’s Fuente del Ángel Caído fountain and has gargoyles that spit water at its base. BEARING FRUIT Madrid’s o cial symbol is ‘El Oso y El Madroño’, which translates as ‘The Bear and The Strawberry Tree’ and depicts a bear raised on its hind legs eating from the tree. A statue of this symbol is located in the Puerta de Sol square, weighing over 20 tonnes, while the sym- bol is on the crest of football club Atlético de Madrid. Many centu- ries ago, bears would roam the outskirts of Madrid and sometimes enter the city limits. DE MADRID AL CIELO Aside from enjoying some of the most dramatic and gorgeous sunsets we’ve ever seen, Madrid enjoys more cloudless days than any other city in Europe, around 250 per year on average. COOL CATS Madrid natives are sometimes referred to as ‘Gatos’, which means cats, and many attribute this to the idea that everyone sleeps in late, just like cats. However, this nickname is historically linked to an ancient Spanish soldier who climbed the city’s outer walls with such agility that he reminded those watching of a cat.
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