The Calle Mayor is a centric
street
A street is a public thoroughfare in a built environment. It is a public parcel of land adjoining buildings in an urban context, on which people may freely assemble, interact, and move about. A street can be as simple as a level patch of dirt, ...
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. Located in 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 ...
, the Calle Mayor starts in the
Puerta del Sol
The Puerta del Sol (English: "Gate of the Sun") is a public square in Madrid, one of the best known and busiest places in the city. This is the centre ('' Km 0'') of the radial network of Spanish roads. The square also contains the famous clo ...
and ends at the cuesta de la Vega.
History
Created in the Middle Ages it originally connected the
alcázar
An alcázar, from Arabic ''al-Qasr'', is a type of Islamic castle or palace in the Iberian Peninsula (also known as al-Andalus) built during Muslim rule between the 8th and 15th centuries. They functioned as homes and regional capitals for gover ...
with the Puerta de Guadalajara (a disappeared wall gate). The Calle Mayor, that borders the
Plaza Mayor to the North, became the main thoroughfare of the city in the Early Modern Period. The Calle Mayor was the place where the guilds of silversmiths and jewelers concentrated. In the 18th century, the street was divided in three sections with different names: ''Almudena'' (from the alcázar surroundings to the
Plazuela de la Villa; ''Platería'' (from the plazuela de la Villa to the Puerta de Guadalajara), and ''Mayor'' (from the Puerta de Guadalajara to the
Puerta del Sol
The Puerta del Sol (English: "Gate of the Sun") is a public square in Madrid, one of the best known and busiest places in the city. This is the centre ('' Km 0'') of the radial network of Spanish roads. The square also contains the famous clo ...
).
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