The Calle de Atocha is a street in
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 ...
, Spain. It constitutes a major axis within the
Centro District
Centro District is located in the Valles Centrales Region of the State of Oaxaca, Mexico. The district includes the state capital Oaxaca and satellite towns.
The district has an average elevation of 1,550 meters.
The climate is mild, with average ...
.
History and description
It roughly defines an axis cutting through the old city town from northwest to southeast, straddling along the border between the current
Embajadores
Embajadores is an administrative neighborhood (''barrio'') of Madrid, belonging to the Centro District.
Delimitation
The area lies in the southern part of the Centro District, the later located in the centre of the city, as its name indicate ...
and
Cortes
Cortes, Cortés, Cortês, Corts, or Cortès may refer to:
People
* Cortes (surname), including a list of people with the name
** Hernán Cortés (1485–1547), a Spanish conquistador
Places
* Cortes, Navarre, a village in the South border of ...
neighborhoods for part of its total 1.3 km long length. It starts at the Plaza de Santa Cruz, ending at the
Plaza del Emperador Carlos V
Plaza del Emperador Carlos V (''Emperor Charles V square'') is a square in the city of Madrid. It is named after Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, who also reigned in Spain as Charles I. However, it is referred to as Plaza de Atocha, because it is w ...
.
Along the initial stretch, closer to the royal palace, chiefly residential housing was erected, with some later conventual additions. Meanwhile, the lower, southeasternmost end of the street was chiefly purposed for Hospital buildings already since the foundation of the Hospital of Antón Martín in the mid-16th century. Linked since ancient times to the Spanish Crown, it was the regular route of the traditional royal weekly ceremonies with the monarchs moving to the
Sanctuary of Atocha.
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File:Calle de Atocha, Plano de Madrid de Teixeira parteabajo003 (cropped).jpg, Detail of the street in the Teixeira map (17th century)
File:A. Joli, Vista de la calle de Atocha (h.1750). Casa de Alba.jpg, The street as portrayed by Antonio Joli
Antonio Francesco Lodovico Joli (13 March 1700 – 29 April 1777) was an Italian painter of ''vedute'' and ''capricci''.
Biography
Born in Modena, he first was apprenticed to Rafaello Rinaldi. He then studied in Rome under Giovanni Paolo Pa ...
(18th century)
See also
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1977 Atocha massacre
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Streets in Madrid
Embajadores neighborhood, Madrid
Cortes neighborhood, Madrid