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Sierra de Guadarrama

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Sierra de Guadarrama 

a mountain range in Spain. The Sierra de Guadarrama, part of the Cordillera Carpeto-Vetónica, measures approximately 150 km in length and rises to elevations of 2,430 m. It consists of several flat-topped massifs with steep slopes and is composed mainly of crystalline rocks. The slopes are covered with pine forests, shrub thickets, and meadows.
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You can enjoy your day trips from beautiful Madrid to historically rich towns like El Escorial, Toledo, and Segovia or can also nature activities in Sierra de Guadarrama.
What Makes Madrid a Favorite European Destination for a Lot of ... by Ashu kaushik / Travel, recreation and leisure community
The extreme temperatures in the center of the region are due in part to the shielding effect of the Sierra de Guadarrama Mountains, a great mass of granite rising in the north as a continuation of the country's central mountain range, the Cordillera Central.
The Communidad de Madrid by Lipscomb, Kelly / Spain Adventure Guide
In the remainder of this article we will examine the solutions found in different translations for the literary dialect of For Whom the Bell Tolls, where, as in other novels by Hemingway, dialogue is a crucial element in the interaction between the protagonist--Robert Jordan, an American fighting on the Republican side in the Spanish Civil War of 1936-1939--and a handful of guerrilla fighters helping him blow up a bridge somewhere on the Sierra de Guadarrama in central Spain.
SHADOWS OF A LITERARY DIALECT: FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS IN FIVE ... by AZEVEDO, MILTON M. / The Hemingway Review
 
 
 
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