Now that shells are raining again, it should be remembered that Madrid is a historical case without equal. His path has not gone from his own life to the State, it is not that the city persuaded the government for the capital: it is that the government itself made the capital and with it the city. Many have seen it incomprehensible that, with Lisbon in sight, with Barcelona or with Seville, the hand of the King put the decree of capitality in the modest town of Madrid. Perhaps the moment has not been sufficiently considered. In 1561 Felipe II ruled over Castile and Aragon, Portugal, Naples, the Netherlands, or the American viceroyalties . This great Catholic Monarchy
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