Mairie de Madrid

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La mairie de Madrid est l'organisme chargé du gouvernement et de l'administration de la commune de Madrid, Espagne. Elle est présidée par un maire, actuellement José Luis Martínez-Almeida, du Parti populaire.

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Siege of Madrid

The siege of Madrid was a two-and-a-half-year siege of the Republican-controlled Spanish capital city of Madrid by the Nationalist armies, under General Francisco Franco, during the Spanish Civil War. The city, besieged from October 1936, fell to the Nationalist armies on 28 March 1939. The Battle of Madrid in November 1936 saw the most intense fighting in and around the city when the Nationalists made their most determined attempt to take the Republican capital. The highest military awards of the Spanish Republic, the Laureate Plate of Madrid, and the Madrid Distinction, established by the Republican government to reward courage, were named after the capital of Spain because the city symbolised valour and Republican resistance during the long siege throughout the war.

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Cercanías Madrid

Cercanías Madrid is the commuter rail service that serves Madrid, the capital of Spain, and its metropolitan area since 1989. It is operated by Cercanías Renfe, the commuter rail division of Renfe, the former monopoly of rail services in Spain. Its total length is 370 km.

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Madrid Defense Council

The Madrid Defense Council was an ad-hoc governing body that ran Madrid, Spain, for about six months during the Spanish Civil War. It was formed in November 1936 after the Spanish Republican government had fled to Valencia when General Francisco Franco's forces advanced on Madrid. It was expected that the city would fall within a few days, but the arrival of the International Brigades halted the rebel advance, and the situation settled into a stalemate. The council was dominated by communists, who had superior organization and propaganda to the other groups. Their policy was to organize the militias into regular troops and focus on defeating the enemy, rather than to undertake revolutionary activity. As time passed there was growing tension between the communists and more radical groups. The council was dissolved in April 1937 and replaced by a new city council.

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Palacio de Cibeles

Cibeles Palace, formally known as Palacio de Comunicaciones and Palacio de Telecomunicaciones until 2011, is a complex composed of two buildings with white facades and is located in one of the historical centres of Madrid, Spain. Formerly the city's main post office and telegraph and telephone headquarters, it is now occupied by City Council of Madrid, serving as the city hall, and the public cultural centre CentroCentro.

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Plaza de Cibeles

The Plaza de Cibeles is a square with a neo-classical complex of marble sculptures with fountains that has become a symbol for the city of Madrid. It sits at the intersection of Calle de Alcalá, Paseo de Recoletos and Paseo del Prado. Plaza de Cibeles was originally named Plaza de Madrid, but in 1900, the City Council named it Plaza de Castelar, which was eventually replaced by its current name. It is currently delimited by four prominent buildings: the Bank of Spain Building, the Palacio de Buenavista, the Palace of Linares, and the Cybele Palace. These constructions are located in four different neighbourhoods from three different adjacent districts: Centro, Retiro, and Salamanca. Over the years, Cybele Palace and her fountain have become symbolic monuments of the city.

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Sièges

Son siège principal est au palais de Cybèle depuis le 5 novembre 2007, bien que seulement le maire et son équipe de conseillers, l'adjoint au maire et le bureau de communication s'y sont déplacés[pas clair]. Le salon de sessions plénières du bâtiment a été inauguré le 29 novembre 2011 lors d'une cérémonie à laquelle le roi Juan Carlos Ier et le maire Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón étaient présents. La première session plénière municipale a lieu le lendemain. Antérieurement, le siège de la mairie était la Maison de la Ville de Madrid.

Gouvernement

Conformément à la loi sur la capitale et le régime spécial de Madrid, la plénière « est l'organe de représentation politique maximale des citoyens dans le gouvernement municipal, elle exerce les pouvoirs qui lui sont expressément attribués et est composée du maire et des conseillers municipaux, à l'écart de la présence à ses sessions et de l'intervention dans ses délibérations des membres non élus du conseil d'administration ».