The calle de Bravo Murillo is a major street in
Madrid, Spain.
The streets starts in the glorieta de Quevedo, in the
Chamberí District. Going North across the
Tetuán District, it features a slightly bended path joining with the
Paseo de la Castellana
Paseo de la Castellana, commonly known as La Castellana, is a major thoroughfare in Madrid, Spain. Cutting across the city from South to North, it has been described as the "true structuring axis" of the city.
History and description
The street ...
at the
Plaza de Castilla.
The street urbanised as slums were built along what it formerly was the Carretera de Francia ("Road of France"). In the context of the early 20th-century, the impoverished area became the epicentre of the "rebel and combative" Madrid despite its peripheral status and, during the 1917 general strike, seditious pamphlets were handed over in the street. In the 2010s, a huge number of
betting shops controversially proliferated in the street,
leading up to protests against gambling.
The streetname (dating back to 1875) remembers
Juan Bravo Murillo
Juan Bravo Murillo (24 June 1803 – 11 February 1873) was a Spanish politician, jurist and economist. He was president of the council of ministers of Spain (equivalent to the present-day position of prime minister / president of the govern ...
, a 19th-century politician who promoted the
Canal de Isabel II Canal de Isabel II (CYII) is the only company that manages the water supplies for Madrid, Spain. It is owned by the Autonomous Community of Madrid.
History
The '' Y'' in the abbreviated form of the company's name is from the old spelling ''Ysabel'' ...
, and the meeting of the street with José Abascal currently hosts a
monument dedicated to him. Before the annexation by Madrid of the municipality of Chamartín de la Rosa in 1948, the stretch of the street passing through the latter municipality was called O'Donnell.
Stretching along a total length of roughly 4 kilometres,
it passes through the neighborhoods of
Arapiles,
Trafalgar Trafalgar most often refers to:
* Battle of Trafalgar (1805), fought near Cape Trafalgar, Spain
* Trafalgar Square, a public space and tourist attraction in London, England
It may also refer to:
Music
* ''Trafalgar'' (album), by the Bee Gees
Pl ...
,
Vallehermoso and
Ríos Rosas in the Chamberí District. Passing also the Tetuán District up North, the streets constitutes the border between the western neighborhoods of
Bellas Vistas,
Berruguete,
Valdeacederas and
Almenara and the eastern neighborhoods of
Cuatro Caminos and
Castillejos. One of the chief commercial axis of the city, the 2.81 km stretch passing through Tetuán constitutes the spine of the district.
Some standout buildings located in the street include the Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles (
E. M. Repullés), building in a French-influenced gothic style; the Europa Cinema, or the Mercado de Maravillas.
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Chamberí
Streets in Madrid