Although the site of modern-day Madrid has been occupied since pre-historic times,in the Roman era this territory belonged to the diocese of Complutum (present-day Alcalá de Henares). There are archeological remains of a small village during the visigoth epoch, whose name might have been adopted later by Arabs. The origins of the modern city come from the 9th century, when Muhammad I ordered the Tags: history of madrid, history madrid, the history of madrid, history on madrid, Palacio Real, Plaza Mayor, Puerta de Alcalá, King Philip IV, Miguel de Cervantes, Plaza de Cibeles, CTBA skyscrapers, King Juan Carlos I, King Ferdinand II of Aragon, Diego Velázquez, Plaza Mayor, Napoleon Read More