Jarama River in Titulcia

Jarama is a river in central Spain. It flows north to south, and passes east of Madrid. It flows into the river Tagus in Aranjuez. The Manzanares is a tributary of the Jarama. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2272x1704, 896 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Jarama Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2272x1704, 896 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Jarama Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create... Location Coordinates : 40° 23’N , 3°43′0″W Time Zone : CET (GMT +1) - summer: CEST (GMT +2) General information Native name Villa de Madrid (Spanish) Spanish name Villa de Madrid Founded 9th century Postal code 28001-28080 Area code 34 (Spain) + 91 (Villa de Madrid) Website http://www. ... View over Tejo River from Almourol Castle in Portugal (May 2005). ... Aranjuez is a town in the southern part of Autonomous Community of Madrid in central Spain and is the southernmost, and 48 km south of the city of Madrid. ... The Manzanares is a river in central Spain which passes through the countrys capital, Madrid. ...

During the Spanish Civil War at Paracuellos del Jarama, 1000 (other sources give the number of 2000) nationalist prisoners were killed by the Republican Militia guards during the Battle of Madrid (November 8-9, 1936). Santiago Carrillo has often been claimed responsible for the massacre [1], although some historians _such as Ian Gibson, Paul Preston and Anthony Beevor, claim his direct involvement has not been proved. Combatants Spanish Republic CNT-FAI UGT POUM Soviet Union International Brigades Spanish State Falangists Carlists Fascist Italy Nazi Germany Commanders Manuel Azaña Francisco Largo Caballero Juan Negrín Francisco Franco Casualties Civilians killed/wounded = hundreds of thousands The Spanish Civil War, which lasted from July 17, 1936 to April... Madrid during the Civil War The Siege of Madrid was a three year siege of the Spanish capital Madrid, during the Spanish Civil War of 1936-1939. ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Santiago Carrillo Solares (born January 18, 1915), Spanish politician, was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Spain (PCE) from 1960 to 1982. ... Ian Gibson (1939-) is an Irish author known for his biographies on Antonio Machado, Salvador Dalí and particularly his work on Federico Lorca, for which he won several awards. ... Paul Preston is a British historian, working in the London School of Economics, specialising in Spanish history, in particular the Spanish Civil War, which he has studied for more than 30 years. ... Antony Beevor (born in 1946) is an historian, educated at Winchester College and Sandhurst. ...

The Jarama was also the scene of fierce fighting - the Battle of Jarama - in 1937. Nationalist forces crossed the river in an attempt to cut the main Madrid-to-Valencia road and isolate the Republican capital. Nationalist forces led by Spanish Legionnaires and Moroccan soldiers of the Army of Africa were confronted by forces from the Republic including the 15th International Brigade. The 15th Brigade contained both the British Battalion of Volunteers and American volunteers in the Abraham Lincoln Brigade. Despite heavy casualties (over 270 British out of 600) the nationalists were stopped short of their objective. A period of trench warfare followed before the "Internationals" were withdrawn. The Battle of Jarama was a battle of the Spanish Civil War in Febrary 1937. ... Location Coordinates : 39°29′ N 0°22′ W Time Zone : CET (GMT +1) - summer: CEST (GMT +2) General information Native name València (Valencian) Spanish name Valencia Founded 137 BC Postal code 46000-46080 Website http://www. ... The Spanish Foreign Legion was founded by General Milian Astry in February 1920 as the Spanish equivelent to the French Foreign Legion. ... The Spanish Army of Africa was a Spanish field army that administered Spanish Morocco until Moroccos independence. ... Blason of the International Brigades The International Brigade was the name given to the band of volunteers and mercenaries who travelled to Spain to fight against the Nationalist forces led by General Franco and helped by Nazi German and Mussolini Italian forces, and defend the legitimate Spanish Republic government in... The Abraham Lincoln Brigade was an organization of United States volunteers supporting or fighting for the anti-fascist Spanish Republican forces in the Spanish Civil War as part of the International Brigade. ... Trench warfare is a form of war in which both opposing armies have static lines of defence. ...

In fiction

• El Jarama is a novel by Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio about young people from Madrid meeting for a picnic by the river. Its realistic dialog renovated Spanish novels.

Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio (born 4 December 1927) is a Spanish writer. ...

Other meanings

• The Circuito del Jarama is the main motor racetrack of Madrid. Before the construction of the safer Montmeló, Montjuic and Jerez racetracks, it hosted several Formula One and motorbike prizes.