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Guindalera
Guindalera or La Guindalera is an administrative neighborhood (''barrio'') of Madrid belonging to the district of Salamanca Salamanca () is a city in western Spain and is the capital of the Province of Salamanca in the autonomous community of Castile and León. The city lies on several rolling hills by the Tormes River. Its Old City was declared a UNESCO World Herit .... It has an area of . As of 1 March 2020, it has a population of 42,516. It is limited by the , the Calle de Alcalá, the and the Avenida de la Paz (the eastern stretch of the M-30). Las Ventas bullring is located in the neighborhood. References {{coord, 40, 26, 09, N, 3, 40, 06, W, type:city(150000)_region:ES, display=title Wards of Madrid Salamanca (Madrid) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Neighborhoods Of Madrid
Madrid, the capital city of Spain, is divided into 21 districts (''distritos''), which are further subdivided into 131 neighborhoods (''barrio ''Barrio'' () is a Spanish language, Spanish word that means "Quarter (urban subdivision), quarter" or "neighborhood". In the modern Spanish language, it is generally defined as each area of a city, usually delimited by functional (e.g. residenti ...s''). List {{Districts of Madrid ... [...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] |
Salamanca (Madrid)
Salamanca is one of the 21 districts that form the city of Madrid, Spain. Salamanca is located to the northeast of the historical center of Madrid. Salamanca lies east of the district of Chamberí, south of Chamartín, and north of Retiro. Salamanca counts approximately 151.000 inhabitants. Geography Overview The limits of Salamanca district are defined by the Paseo de Recoletos and the Paseo de la Castellana to the west, the Calle de Alcalá and Calle O'Donnell to the south, the Avenida de la Paz ( M-30) to the east and María de Molina Street and Avenida de América to the north. It covers an area of 540.742 hectares. Subdivision The district is administratively divided into 6 wards (''Barrios''): * Castellana * Fuente del Berro *Goya * Guindalera *Lista * Recoletos History The population of Madrid at the beginning of the 19th century was about 220,000, increasing to 300,000 inhabitants in the late 1850s. However, the city was still enclosed within the defensive wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wards Of Madrid
Madrid, the capital city of Spain, is divided into 21 districts (''distritos''), which are further subdivided into 131 neighborhoods (''barrios''). List {{Districts of Madrid Wards of Madrid, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Las Ventas
The plaza de toros de Las Ventas, known simply as Las Ventas, is the largest bullfighting ring in Spain, located in the Guindalera quarter of the Salamanca district of Madrid. It was inaugurated on June 17, 1931. Its seating capacity of 23,798, makes it the third-largest bullfighting run in the world, after bullrings in Mexico and Venezuela, respectively. This bullring was designed by the architect José Espeliú in the Neo-Mudéjar (Moorish) style with ceramic incrustations. The seats are situated in ten "tendidos". The price of the seats depends upon how close they are to the arena and whether they are in the sun or the shade (the latter being more expensive). The bullfighting season starts in March and ends in October; bullfights are held every day during the San Isidro Fiesta, and every Sunday or holiday during the season. Bullfights start at 6 or 7pm and last for two to three hours. History From 1913 to 1920, bullfighting gained such a momentum that Madrid's former main b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spain
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Community Of Madrid
The Community of Madrid (; es, Comunidad de Madrid ) is one of the seventeen autonomous communities of Spain. It is located in the centre of the Iberian Peninsula, and of the Central Plateau (''Meseta Central''). Its capital and largest municipality is the City of Madrid, which is also the capital of the country. The Community of Madrid is bounded to the south and east by Castilla–La Mancha and to the north and west by Castile and León. It was formally created in 1983, based on the limits of the province of Madrid, which was until then conventionally included in the historical region of New Castile. The Community of Madrid is the third most populous in Spain with 6,661,949 (2019) inhabitants mostly concentrated in the metropolitan area of Madrid. It is also the most densely populated autonomous community. In absolute terms, Madrid's economy has been, since 2018, slightly bigger in size than that of Catalonia. Madrid has the highest GDP per capita in the country. It cont ... [...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] |
Ayuntamiento De Madrid
The City Council of Madrid ( es, Ayuntamiento de Madrid) is the top-tier administrative and governing body of the Madrid, the capital and biggest city of Spain. The City Council is composed by three bodies; the Mayor of Madrid, Mayor who leads the City Council and the executive branch of it, the Governing Council (''Junta de Gobierno'') which is the main body of the executive branch composed by the Mayor and the councillors appointed by him and the Plenary, a democratically elected assembly which represents the people of Madrid. The current Mayor of Madrid is José Luis Martínez-Almeida since June 2019. Main bodies Governing Council The ''Junta de Gobierno of the City of Madrid'' is the executive branch of the City Council, formed by the Mayor and a group of councillors appointed by the Mayor. The current Board is composed of ten members, which are: Districts The local government of the City uses a decentralized system but ultimately led by the ''ayuntamiento''. The Plenar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calle De Alcalá
Calle de Alcalá is among the longest streets in Madrid. It starts at the Puerta del Sol and goes on for , to the northeastern outskirts of the city. Henry David Inglis described it in 1837 as "long, of superb width, and flanked by a splendid range of unequal buildings". History and landmarks Calle de Alcalá is one of the oldest streets in the city. It was the old road which led to the city of Alcalá de Henares (from which it takes the name) and continued to Aragón; today, this route is covered by the A-2 motorway. Along this street it is possible to find landmarks such as Banco Bilbao Vizcaya at number 16, the former Alcalá 20 discothèque at number 20, Edificio Metrópolis, the Unión y el Fénix Español building at number 23, Círculo de Bellas Artes, Plaza de Cibeles, Puerta de Alcalá, the Spanish Ministry of Education, the Instituto Cervantes HQ building, the Bank of Spain building, Parque del Buen Retiro and Plaza de Toros de Las Ventas. In popular culture '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Autopista De Circunvalación M-30
The M-30 orbital motorway circles the central districts of Madrid, the capital city of Spain. It is the innermost ring road of the Spanish city, with a length of 32.5 km. Outer rings are named M-40, M-45 and M-50. Its length and the surface surrounded by the M-30 is comparable to the Boulevard Périphérique of Paris or the London Inner Ring Road. It has, at least, three lanes in each direction, supplemented in some parts by two or three lane auxiliary roads. It connects to the main Spanish radial national roads that start in Madrid. The M30 is the busiest Spanish road, famous for its traffic jams, and surrounded by several landmarks such as Torrespaña (one of the tallest structures in Madrid), the national headquarters of IBM, and passed under the Vicente Calderón Stadium. History Its construction started in the 1960s and required the underground canalisation of the Abroñigal river, required to avoid flooding since the road runs through the lowest part of the city. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Expansión (Spanish Newspaper)
''Expansión'' is a Spanish economic and business newspaper published in Madrid, Spain. History and profile ''Expansión'' was established in May 1986. The paper is published in tabloid format and is owned by Unidad Editorial, which is in turn controlled by RCS MediaGroup. Its sister newspapers are ''El Mundo (Spain), El Mundo'' and ''Marca (newspaper), Marca''. ''Expansión'' used to be part of the British group Pearson Communications, Pearson, which had a share of 39% in the paper during the late 1990s. During this period the publisher was Ârea Editorial. The headquarters of ''Expansión'' is in Madrid. The paper was awarded by the Society for News Design (SND) the World's Best Designed Newspaper™ for 1994. It celebrated its 25th anniversary in September 2011 with an event led by Felipe, Prince of Asturias, Prince Felipe and Princess Letizia. Circulation and readership The circulation of ''Expansión'' was 39,047 copies in 1994. The paper had a circulation of 52,645 copie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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