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Chamberí
Chamberí is a district of Madrid, Spain. It is further subdivided into six neighborhoods ( Gaztambide, Arapiles, Trafalgar, Almagro, Ríos Rosas and Vallehermoso). The district junta is headquartered at the . The current urban outline was born as part of the ''Ensanche'' plan drafted by Carlos María de Castro (approved in 1860). See also * Chamberí (Madrid Metro) * Church of San Fermín de los Navarros * Beti Jai fronton * Hospital of Maudes * Geological and Mining Institute of Spain * School of Mining Engineering of Madrid The School of Mining Engineering of Madrid (Spanish: ''Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros de Minas y Energia'') is located in calle Ríos Rosas, Madrid, Spain. It is one of the engineering schools of the Technical University of Madrid which w ... * Sorolla Museum References ;Citations ;Bibliography * External links Districts of Madrid {{Madrid-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chamberí
Chamberí is a district of Madrid, Spain. It is further subdivided into six neighborhoods ( Gaztambide, Arapiles, Trafalgar, Almagro, Ríos Rosas and Vallehermoso). The district junta is headquartered at the . The current urban outline was born as part of the ''Ensanche'' plan drafted by Carlos María de Castro (approved in 1860). See also * Chamberí (Madrid Metro) * Church of San Fermín de los Navarros * Beti Jai fronton * Hospital of Maudes * Geological and Mining Institute of Spain * School of Mining Engineering of Madrid The School of Mining Engineering of Madrid (Spanish: ''Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros de Minas y Energia'') is located in calle Ríos Rosas, Madrid, Spain. It is one of the engineering schools of the Technical University of Madrid which w ... * Sorolla Museum References ;Citations ;Bibliography * External links Districts of Madrid {{Madrid-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chamberí (Madrid Metro)
Chamberí is a defunct metro station on the Line 1 of the Madrid Metro. Being one of the original 8 metro stops of the Madrid Metro, the station has been closed since 22 May 1966 and has been operating as a museum since 2008. The station is located under the ''Plaza de Chamberí.'' Though defunct, the Line 1 still passes through the station, between Iglesia and Bilbao. History Designed by the architect Antonio Palacios, it was inaugurated on 17 October 1919. It was one of the original eight stations that served Madrid's first metro line. This was the first such project in Spain, and the architect was inspired by the look of the Parisian stations of the time. He managed to mitigate the possible reluctance of the public to use the subway, by using bright, colorful materials in the spaces in contact with travelers, such as hallways, tunnels, passage and platform finishes, extensively using tiles and other white and cobalt blue ceramic pieces. Its design met the criteria of funct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaztambide (Madrid)
Gaztambide is an administrative neighborhood (''barrio'') of Madrid belonging to the district of Chamberí Chamberí is a district of Madrid, Spain. It is further subdivided into six neighborhoods ( Gaztambide, Arapiles, Trafalgar, Almagro, Ríos Rosas and Vallehermoso). The district junta is headquartered at the . The current urban outline was born .... It has an area of . As of 1 February 2021, it has a population of 23,038. References Wards of Madrid Chamberí {{Madrid-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madrid
Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and its monocentric metropolitan area is the third-largest in the EU.United Nations Department of Economic and Social AffairWorld Urbanization Prospects (2007 revision), (United Nations, 2008), Table A.12. Data for 2007. The municipality covers geographical area. Madrid lies on the River Manzanares in the central part of the Iberian Peninsula. Capital city of both Spain (almost without interruption since 1561) and the surrounding autonomous community of Madrid (since 1983), it is also the political, economic and cultural centre of the country. The city is situated on an elevated plain about from the closest seaside location. The climate of Madrid features hot summers and cool winters. The Madrid urban agglomeration has the second-large ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vallehermoso (Madrid)
Vallehermoso is an administrative neighborhood () of Madrid belonging to the district of Chamberí. It has an area of . As of 1 February 2020, it has a population of 20,480. The Vallehermoso Stadium, the traditional venue in the city for athletics Athletics may refer to: Sports * Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking ** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport * Athletics (physical culture), competiti ... competitions, is located in the neighborhood. The stadium re-opened in 2019. References {{coord, 40, 26, 34, N, 3, 42, 42, W, type:city(150000)_region:ES, display=title Wards of Madrid Chamberí ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Almagro (Madrid)
Almagro is a ward (''barrio'') of Madrid Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the Largest cities of the Europ ..., Spain, belonging to the district of Chamberí. External links Wards of Madrid Chamberí {{Madrid-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trafalgar (Madrid)
Trafalgar is an administrative neighborhood () of Madrid belonging to the district of Chamberí. It has an area of . As of 1 February 2021, it has a population of 24,748. See also * Plaza de Olavide The plaza de Olavide is an octagonal plaza located in the heart of the Trafalgar neighborhood, in Madrid, Spain. History In 1860, the plaza, hitherto known as "Plaza Industrial" was named Plaza de Olavide. By that time, most of the population o ... References {{authority control Wards of Madrid Chamberí ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arapiles (Madrid)
Arapiles is an administrative neighborhood (''barrio'') of Madrid belonging to the district of Chamberí Chamberí is a district of Madrid, Spain. It is further subdivided into six neighborhoods ( Gaztambide, Arapiles, Trafalgar, Almagro, Ríos Rosas and Vallehermoso). The district junta is headquartered at the . The current urban outline was born .... It has an area of . As of 1 February 2021, it has a population of 24,348. References Wards of Madrid Chamberí {{Madrid-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ríos Rosas (Madrid)
Ríos Rosas is a neighborhood of Madrid Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the Largest cities of the Europ ... belonging to the district of Chamberí. It takes its name from Antonio de los Ríos Rosas, a 19th-century politician. The ward is served by the Madrid Metro station called Ríos Rosas, one of the first stations to be opened on the network. The ward has recently filled up with cosy modern pubs and restaurants, especially in Ponzano Street. References Wards of Madrid Chamberí {{Madrid-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Districts Of Madrid
Madrid, the capital of Spain, is divided into 21 districts, which are further subdivided into List of wards of Madrid, 131 administrative wards. Additional neighborhoods exist outside the boundaries of administrative borders. Each district is governed by a body named ''Junta Municipal de Distrito''. Residents of Madrid are typically called ''Madrileños''. Districts and wards Data as of 1st January 2017. Source: Área de Gobierno de Economía, Hacienda. Subdirección General de Estadística. Padrón Municipal de Habitantes. Popular neighbourhoods Contemporary Madrid came into its own after the death of general Francisco Franco. Reaction against the dictatorial bureaucracy centered in Madrid, and a history of centralism that predated Franco by centuries has resulted in the successful modern movement towards increased Autonomous entity, autonomy for the regions of Spain, considered autonomous regions under the umbrella of Spain. The modern metropolis is home to over three millio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beti Jai Fronton
The Beti Jai fronton is a sport venue located in Madrid, Spain. Located at 7 Marqués de Riscal St., the building (in Neo-Mudéjar style) dates from 1893 and it was opened in 1894. The last game played in the fronton was played in 1919, after which it was used for several purposes. The venue is the last surviving 19th century Basque pelota fronton in Madrid. It was declared bien de interés cultural on 27 January 2011., and it was fully renovated in 2019. History The fronton was begun to be built in 1893, with a budget of approximately 500 000 pesetas. It is due to a design by architect Joaquín Rucoba (1844-1919), author of the Plaza de toros de La Malagueta, the Mercado de Atarazanas and park in Málaga, and the City Hall of Bilbao, among other works. It was the fourth infrastructure of these open features in Madrid at the end of the 19th century, in a time when the sport of Basque pelota reached a remarkable popularity in the Spanish capital. It was preceded, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geological And Mining Institute Of Spain
The Geological and Mining Institute of Spain (Spanish: ''Instituto Geológico y Minero de España'') is a research institute located in Madrid, Spain. It is run under the auspices of the Ministry of Science. In collaboration with the Spanish Geological Society (''Sociedad Geológica de España'' or SGE), the Institute has drawn up a list of internationally important geosites in Spain. This work, which began in 1999, is part of the Global Geosites project promoted by IUGS in the 1990s and subsequently supported by UNESCO. History The origins of the institute go back to the nineteenth century when a commission was established to work on the geological map of Spain. The building which houses the institute is on Ríos Rosas street in the Chamberí district of Madrid. Next door is the School of Mining Engineering of Madrid, which was built in 1893, whereas the institute building, designed by Francisco Javier de Luque, was formally opened in 1926. The opening took place during the In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
