<Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Spanish Empire <Ul> <Li> Imperio Español </Li> <Li> Imperium Hispanicum </Li> </Ul> </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> 1492--1975 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Flag </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Motto: "Plus ultra" (Latin) "Further Beyond" </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> The areas of the world that at one time were territories of the Spanish Monarchy or Empire </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Capital </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Madrid (de facto; de jure since 1561, except 1601--06) </Li> <Li> (Valladolid in 1601--06) </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Common languages </Th> <Td> Spanish (de facto) Latin (formal) Italian, Sardinian, Aragonese, Asturian, Basque, Catalan, Galician, Quechua, Nahuatl, Zapotec, Maya and other indigenous languages </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Religion </Th> <Td> Catholic Church (official and dominant) Islam (Crypto - Islam) Inca religion Aztec religion Judaism (Crypto - Judaism) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Government </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Composite monarchy (Hapsburgs) </Li> <Li> Absolute monarchy (Bourbons) </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> King </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Conquest of the Canary Islands </Th> <Td> 1402--96 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Spanish landfall in the Americas </Th> <Td> 1492 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Conquest of Navarre </Th> <Td> 1512 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Union with Portugal </Th> <Td> 1580--1640 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Spanish American Wars of Independence </Th> <Td> 1808--33 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Treaty of Paris </Th> <Td> 10 December 1898 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Withdrawal from the Spanish Sahara </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Currency </Th> <Td> Spanish real Escudo (from 1537) Spanish dollar (from 1598) Spanish peseta (from 1869) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Td> Preceded by </Td> <Td> Succeeded by </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Crown of Castile </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Crown of Aragon </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Emirate of Granada </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Kingdom of Navarre </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Burgundian Netherlands </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Episcopal principality of Utrecht </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Aztec Empire </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Inca Empire </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Maya Civilization </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Tondo (historical polity) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Madja - as </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sultanate of Sulu </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Louisiana (New France) </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> <Td> <Table> <Tr> <Td> Spain </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> First Mexican Empire </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Gran Colombia </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> United Provinces of the Río de la Plata </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Chile </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Bolivia </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Protectorate of Peru </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> First Philippine Republic </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Equatorial Guinea </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Louisiana (New France) </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Florida Territory </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> United States Military Government in Cuba </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Puerto Rico </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Spanish Empire <Ul> <Li> Imperio Español </Li> <Li> Imperium Hispanicum </Li> </Ul> </Th> </Tr>

What was the capital of a large area of the spanish empire