Children can get to know Madrid through the history of cinema that has been shot in the city

Approaching to see how the city of Madrid has been represented in the cinema is an activity that can attract the attention of the smallest to know the capital of Spain. Some time ago we commented on a Gymkana of photography on the anniversary of the Gran Vía in Madrid. In Callao City Lights They know very well the relationship between cinema and Madrid and have created a Facebook site called Cinema Corners, so that everyone who wants to can share photos of Madrid and specifically of the places that have appeared in a movie.

The initiative has among other incentives, that the photographs sent are they will share on the screens of Madrid's Plaza de Callao serving as a claim for tourism in Madrid that fortunately does not stop growing.

And it is that Spanish cinema has represented in many ways the attractions of the city of Madrid. The most typical is that we have seen the evolution of the urban image that the capital has had throughout the twentieth century and especially in recent years. Although the classic images, such as that of the Gran Vía in Madrid, has had few variations and keeps its appeal intact.

Apparently, one of the first urban images of Madrid in the cinema was the Mass Exit of the Calatravas, shot in 1898. Also the Retiro Park or the Trail They have been recurring spaces in the movies set in Madrid. In addition the parties like La verbena de la Paloma Benito Perojo in the year 1935 and presenting the old castizo Madrid are classic works and full of attractions that older children can approach to discover them.

The Madrid's movies They teach a developing capital and becoming modern. Here I really like the films of the directors Fernando Colomo, for example with La Vida Alegre, Fernando Trueba, with the setting in the Opera Square, or Pedro Almodóvar who taught us a Madrid gardener in What have I done to deserve this ? which will become a cosmopolitan Madrid in Women at the edge of a nervous attack.

And in Madrid there are a lot of spaces that have been worn in the cinema of the 80s. Traditional neighborhoods such as Lavapies, La Latina, Opera Square, Barrio de los Jerónimos and peripheral spaces such as Vallecas, Carabanchel or La Elipa.

In the 90s films were filmed that showed a city ​​full of shadows and lights anticipating the great metropolis that Madrid has become. I really like the images of Madrid that appear in Stories of the Kronen (1995) by Montxo Armendáriz, The Day of the Beast (1995) by Alex de la Iglesia y Tesis (1996) or Abre los ojos (1997) by Alejandro Amenábar. Especially devastating is Alex's vision of the Church with an amazing image of the Gran Vía or the end of the Paseo de la Castellana.

Although some movies are not specifically for children, those who are a little older can begin to discover and enjoy them. Also, when they go to Madrid they will learn to associate and relate the images they see with what they appear in the movies. Remember that Madrid is full of attractions and that it is enough to look up to find many beautiful details of the Spanish capital.