Historic finding in Madrid: find the biggest remains of the canal that sought to unite the capital with Lisbon
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The works of widening the line 11 (L11) of Metro de Madrid were carried out: the earth movements began to build the future station of Madrid Rio. And then a section of the Real Canal del Manzanares flourished. The historical remains found are about 30 meters of wooden planks supported by stakes and part of what was a pier. It is an 18th century infrastructure that was created for the transport of goods, following the example of the Channel of Ca…
From Lisbon to Madrid there are more than 600 kilometers, and today the most common routes to travel that distance are by road, through the A-6 and the A-5, or by plane, in just over an hour.However, centuries ago there was a project to unite both cities through a navigable canal, with the intention of giving the Spanish capital direct access to the sea.That idea took shape in the eighteenth century with the construction of the Real Canal del Ma…
A team of scientists is collecting, analyzing and classifying all possible information about the section of the Real Canal de Manzanares uncovered in the future location of Madrid Rio station
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