Acacias or Las Acacias is an administrative
neighborhood (''barrio'') of
Madrid
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belonging to the district of
Arganzuela. It has an area of . As of 1 February 2020, it has a population of 37,049.
Geography
Acacias is located in city center and is crossed, at its south-eastern borders, by the river
Manzanares. The ward has a
pentagonal form, bordered by the roads ''
Calle de Toledo
The Calle de Toledo is a historic street in central Madrid, Spain, running across the Centro and Arganzuela districts.
History and description
Straddling along the Centro and Arganzuela districts, it starts at the Plaza Mayor and ends at the G ...
'', ''Ronda de Toledo'', ''Calle de Embajadores'', ''Paseo de Santa María de la Cabeza'' and ''Paseo de la Yeserías'' (parallel to the Manzanares), at the entrance of
Arganzuela Park.
Acacias borders with the districts of
Centro
Centro may refer to:
Places Brazil
*Centro, Santa Maria, a neighborhood in Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
* Centro, Porto Alegre, a neighborhood of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
*Centro (Duque de Caxias), a neighborhood of Duq ...
(north-west),
Carabanchel (south-east) and with the Arganzuelan wards of
Imperial (west),
Palos de Moguer (north-east),
Las Delicias (a single point in the east) and
La Chopera (south-east).
[ Arganzuela district map]
Some important buildings located at its limits are the
Bridge of Toledo (''Puente de Toledo''), between the ''Paseo de la Yeserias'' and the ''Calle de Toledo''; and the
Gate of Toledo (''Puerta de Toledo''), between the ''Calle de Toledo'' and the ''Ronda de Toledo''.
Transport
Las Acacias is served by the
Metro
Metro, short for metropolitan, may refer to:
Geography
* Metro (city), a city in Indonesia
* A metropolitan area, the populated region including and surrounding an urban center
Public transport
* Rapid transit, a passenger railway in an urb ...
Line 5 stations of
Puerta de Toledo,
Acacias
''Acacia'', commonly known as the wattles or acacias, is a large genus of shrubs and trees in the subfamily Mimosoideae of the pea family Fabaceae. Initially, it comprised a group of plant species native to Africa and Australasia. The genus nam ...
and
Pirámides. It is also served by the
Cercanías
The commuter rail systems of Spain's major metropolitan areas are called ''Cercanías'' () in most of Spain, ''Rodalia'' () in the Valencian Community, ''Aldiriak'' () in the Basque Country and ''Rodalies'' () in Catalonia. There are twelve ''Ce ...
(commuter rail) stations of Pirámides and Embajadores.
Photogallery
File:Puerta de Toledo.jpg, The Gate of Toledo
File:Puente de Toledo (Madrid) 04b.jpg, The Bridge of Toledo, over the Manzanares, from Arganzuela Park
File:Yeserías.jpg, ''Paseo de la Yeserías''
File:Cerca ronda segovia.jpg, Remains of the walls of Philip IV of Spain
Philip IV ( es, Felipe, pt, Filipe; 8 April 160517 September 1665), also called the Planet King (Spanish: ''Rey Planeta''), was King of Spain from 1621 to his death and (as Philip III) King of Portugal from 1621 to 1640. Philip is remembered ...
References
External links
Orthophoto of the district of Arganzuela(Las Acacias is the n. 22)
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Wards of Madrid
Arganzuela