THE EDIFICIO COREA: An American colony in Franco’s Madrid

January 18, 2023 00:14:22
THE EDIFICIO COREA: An American colony in Franco’s Madrid
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THE EDIFICIO COREA: An American colony in Franco’s Madrid

Jan 18 2023 | 00:14:22

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Show Notes

Here’s a different look at Madrid. In the 1950s, when the Torrejon Air Force Base was built and American military forces arrived, both personnel and their families moved into a neighborhood in the north of Madrid. The picture you see with the yellow rings shows you when it was just built and in the middle […]

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