Royal+Palace

toc __Made by Ángel Cuartero Ropa__ =A little introduccion=

The Royal Palace of Madrid is the official residence of the King of Spain. However, King Juan Carlos and the Royal Family do not reside in in it. It is the biggest royal palace in Europe. =History= The Emir of Córdoba ordered to build an Alcazar in the IX century to defend him. After the Christian conquest, the Alcazar was reformed and extended preserving the Arab origin of it. When Philip V was reining, the ancient Alcazar of th Habsburgs was lost in the Eve of 1734 due to a fire. When it was totally destroyed, the king wanted to do a new palace in the same place.