Somosierra is a municipality in the Community of Madrid, Spain, located at 83 km north of Madrid, in the mountain pass with the same name, at an elevation...

Guadarrama, which shielded Madrid from direct French attack. At the Somosierra mountain pass, 60 miles (97 km) north of Madrid, a heavily outnumbered Spanish...

also known in Spanish media as the Boy from Somosierra, took place near Somosierra, Community of Madrid, Spain, during the early morning hours of 25...

Somosierra is a mountain pass in the Sierra de Guadarrama north of Madrid in Spain. It connects the north of the Community of Madrid with the east of the...

(Spanish: Batalla de Guadarrama), also known as the Battle of Somosierra (Batalla de Somosierra), was a battle that occurred in the Sierra de Guadarrama during...

municipalities in the province and autonomous community of Madrid, Spain. Geography of the Community of Madrid Madrid-related lists List of cities in Spain...

The Madrid−Burgos railway also known as Madrid−Aranda−Burgos railway is a railway connecting Madrid and Burgos via the Somosierra Tunnel [es] and Aranda...

later). As the approach to Madrid was blocked by 7,800 Spaniards armed with 16 cannons in four batteries on the Somosierra heights, Napoleon ordered his...

passes of Guadarrama, Fonfría, Navacerrada and Somosierra in the mountain range to the north of Madrid. Knowing the weakness of his forces, much inferior...

del Lozoya - Somosierra Until 2011 the village had a station named Robregordo-Somosierra (although it didn’t gave service to Somosierra), however, a landslide...

Corunna 5 Tudela 4 Bailén 3 Valencia 2 Madrid 1    The Dos de Mayo or Second of May Uprising took place in Madrid, Spain, on 2–3 May 1808. The rebellion...

Francisco García-Escámez e Iniesta, 1st Marquess of Somosierra (1 March 1893 in Cádiz – 12 June 1951 in Santa Cruz de Tenerife) was a Spanish military...

defense evaporated at Burgos, Tudela, Espinosa and Somosierra. The Junta was forced to abandon Madrid in November 1808, and resided in the Alcázar of Seville...

between Peñalara and Somosierra.) The 15 km long Carpetanos sub-range is an imposing sight, starting in the Community of Madrid at Navacerrada Pass, and...

also besieged Madrid and the area to its south and west for much of the war. After much of Catalonia was captured in 1938 and 1939, and Madrid cut off from...

west of Somosierra. At two in the morning on the 22nd, they left along the Olmedo highway towards Villacastín and the pass along the N-VI Madrid–A Coruña...

Salamanca 8 Ciudad 7 Talavera 6 Corunna 5 Tudela 4 Bailén 3 Valencia 2 Madrid 1    The Battle of Bailén was fought in 1808 between the Spanish Army of...

of Madrid was written by Agustín García Calvo and composed by Pablo Sorozábal Serrano. It has been the official anthem of the Community of Madrid since...

Nov French Marshal Lannes defeats Spanish General Castaños Battle of Somosierra 30 Nov Napoleon defeats Spanish commander Benito de San Juan. Battle of...

Napoleon's invasion 200km 125miles Corunna 14 13 12 11 10 9 Zaragoza 8 7 Somosierra 6 Tudela 5 4 Burgos 3 Roses 2 Zornoza 1    The Battle of Gamonal (also...

Vernet (1810). To the emperor's right, Duroc indicates to the Spanish authorities the time at which Madrid must surrender, after the Battle of Somosierra...

Tunnel del Bracons (4,500 m Road) Negrón Tunnel (4,144 m Road) Tunnel de Somosierra (3,895 m Railway) Tunnel de Isuskitza (3,377 m Road) AP-6 Guadarrama nº2...

Segovia/Ávila and León/Navacerrada, the Burgos column via Aranda de Duero and Somosierra, the Zaragoza column via Calatayud and Medinacelli, and the Valencia column...

Salamanca 8 Ciudad 7 Talavera 6 Corunna 5 Tudela 4 Bailén 3 Valencia 2 Madrid 1    At the siege of Burgos, from 19 September to 21 October 1812, the Anglo-Portuguese...

consent, so Juan de Borbón crossed the border set to join the front in Somosierra dressed in a blue jumpsuit and red beret under the fake name "Juan López"...

Real de Aranjuez in Aranjuez, Community of Madrid. In 1808, Napoleon captured Madrid in the Battle of Somosierra and he induced Carlos's father, Charles...

battles in the streets of Carabanchel, Casa de Campo, Parque del Oeste and Somosierra. In all of them the heroism of the soldiers of the people reaches levels...

Central, among which can be distinguished the mountain ranges Pela, Ayllón, Somosierra, Barahona and Ministra, with the headwaters of the rivers Jarama, Cañamares...

battles, distinguishing itself at Wagram, Berezina, Hanau and especially Somosierra. On at least three occasions, light-horsemen of the regiment saved Napoleon's...

(in Spanish). "El abedular de Somosierra: Uno de los bosques más singulares y recónditos de la sierra de Guadarrama". Madrid Diario (in Spanish). Archived...