title: Viva españa.
abstract: Situated in the heart of Spain, its capital since 1606 and a cultural centre with more than 50 museums and art galleries, Madrid is the country's second largest industrial centre (Barcelona being the first). A university city, seat of a royal residence and see of an archbishop, it was also one of the first cities in Europe to boast a branch of that now ubiquitous hamburger house - McDonald's.