http://www.articlecodex.com/Articles/Society/Urban-Legends/ Bringing you the best in Free site content to you for free en-gb 08 September 2008 03:51:53 GMT Copyright: (C) Article Codex, see http://www.articlecodex.com/rssfeeds.asp for terms and conditions of reuse http://www.articlecodex.com/rssfeeds.asp http://www.articlecodex.com/Articles/Society/Urban-Legends/Feed.xml 15 http://www.articlecodex.com/images/toplogo.jpg http://www.articlecodex.com/ Madrid was named after the arabic word ‘Madjrit’ which means ‘place where there are tunnels’. Therefore the secret tunnels that interconnect the whole city centre of Madrid were real and existed before the muslim occupation, around the 11th century. The islamic legacy was specially rich in terms of knowledge of water distribution and supply. It is thougt that the tunnels were in fact designed to keep a permanent reservoir of water, keeping it away from the sun and therefore eluding evaporation. http://www.articlecodex.com/Articles/Society/Urban-Legends/Hidden-tunnels-in-Madrid,-the-secret-underground-world-47629.htm http://www.articlecodex.com/Articles/Society/Urban-Legends/Hidden-tunnels-in-Madrid,-the-secret-underground-world-47629.htm 22/07/2007 23:09:14