What’s in a name
Madrid Spain has some different theories around how it was named. The legend says that Ocno Bianor who was the son of King Tyrrhenius of Tuscany and Mantua, named this amazing city Metragirta or Mantua Carpetana. Others say that the city was first named Ursaria which means land of bears in Latin. Apparently there was a large population of bears in the area back in the day. The bears made their stay for all these years in a permanent logo. You can see the bear with the strawberry tree on the city emblem. The emblem has been unchanged since the Middle Ages. It is defiantly a historical gem.
Now, most people believe that the name of the city actually comes for the 2nd Century BC. There was a settlement along the banks of the River, Manzanares, created by the Roman Empire. The name of the first village was believed to be named after the river it sat along, Matrice. At one point, the Germanic Sueves came to take over the territory, and the Roman Empire could not defend there claim so it fell into the hands of the Visigoths. They hung onto it until the 7th century Islamic conquest came.
The Iberian Peninsula once again had a name change. Mayrit it became, which is a combination of the Arabic word Mayra meaning giver of life and the Roman suffix (it) which means Place. This is were the modern name Madrid morphed from, the name Matrit. What is in a name? So many civilizations that have come and gone from this now thriving city. So much history that is left across the area. So many people who come from all over the world to stay in one of the best Madrid hotels and learn of the cities wondrous history.
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