Vicálvaro is a
district
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in the southeast of
Madrid
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,
Spain
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, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, ...
. It is named after the former
municipality
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absorbed into the municipality of Madrid in 1951.
History
When Spain's
Civil Guard
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( es, Guardia Civil) was established in 1844, the first headquarters of its cavalry was in Vicálvaro.
Franco
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* Franco (name)
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converted it into an artillery barracks for the Brunete Armored Division, Regiment No. 11. The building is now part of the
Rey Juan Carlos University
Rey Juan Carlos University ( es, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, URJC) is a Spanish public research university located in the southern area of the Community of Madrid ( Spain), with five campuses at Móstoles, Alcorcón, Vicálvaro, Aranjuez and F ...
.
Vicálvaro was the site of
Leopoldo O'Donnell
Leopoldo O'Donnell y Jorris, 1st Duke of Tetuán, GE (12 January 1809 – 5 November 1867), was a Spanish general and Grandee who was Prime Minister of Spain on several occasions.
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He was born at Santa Cruz de Tenerife in the Canar ...
's 1854 coup known as
La Vicalvarada, which began Spain's ''
Bienio progresista
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''.
In 2011, a
Visigothic
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necropolis
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was uncovered in Vicálvaro.
Geography
Position
VIcálvaro is bordered on the west by the district of
Moratalaz
Moratalaz is a district of Madrid, Spain. It is a well-known area because musicians such as Melendi and Alejandro Sanz have lived there. Moratalaz is on east of municipality of Madrid. It has of surface area and is delineated by the highways of M ...
(across the
Autopista de Circunvalación M-40
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), on the north by
San Blas (across the M-40, the Avenida de Canillejas a Vicálvaro, the
Autopista Radial 3 and the Vicálvaro-Coslada Highway), on the south by the
Puente de Vallecas
Puente de Vallecas (''Bridge of Vallecas'') is one of the 21 districts of the city of Madrid, Spain. It forms, with the district of Villa de Vallecas
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and the
Villa de Vallecas
Villa de Vallecas (''Village of Vallecas'') is one of the 21 districts of the city of Madrid, Spain. It forms, with the district of Puente de Vallecas, the geographical area of Vallecas.
Geography
Subdivision
The district is administratively di ...
(across
Autovía A-3
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) and on the east by the municipalities of
Coslada
Coslada () is a city and municipality in the autonomous community of Madrid in central Spain.
The is located in Coslada, which has become a major logistics hub in the country. Due to the area's close proximity to the Madrid–Barajas Airport ...
,
San Fernando de Henares
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and
Rivas-Vaciamadrid
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.
Subdivision
Since 2017, the district is formed by 4 neighborhoods:
Casco Histórico de Vicálvaro,
Valderrivas,
Valdebernardo and
El Cañaveral.
[ adrid has 131 neighborhoods with Valdebernardo, Valderrivas and El Cañaveral/ref>][: ] and the territory became part of the Casco Histórico de Vicálvaro neighborhood. The district formerly comprised only two neighborhoods: Ambroz and Casco Histórico de Vicálvaro (''historic Vicálvaro'')
The former municipality of Vicálvaro was absorbed into Madrid in 1951. Around its historic center are the nearby neighborhoods (known locally as ''poblados'', ''colonias'' or ''barrios'') of San Juan, Mil Viviendas, Las Cruces y Anillo Verde. Several of these cross the boundary between the two official ''barrios''. West of the historic center of Vicálvaro, but entirely within the official ''barrio'' of Vicálvaro, is a second center at Valdebernardo, developed in the 1990s.
Finally, since 1998, Valderrivas has been developed on the land of a former cement factory operated 1923–1995 by Cementos Portland Valderrivas. This also falls within the official ''barrio'' of Vicálvaro. Portland moved their cement production to Morata de Tajuña because municipal ordinances raised increasing environmental issues. They sold their land, 40 percent of which was granted permits as being suitable for urban development; Portland also took charge of the ensuing construction. In the process, they tore down the chimney that had for decades been emblematic of Vicálvaro. Also in the Valderrivas area is a new neighborhood called La Catalana, near the border with of the Coslada district. La Catalana is mainly commercial.
Public Transport
In the late 1990s, an extension of the Line 9 of the Metro Madrid from Pavones
Pavones is an administrative neighborhood (''barrio'') of Madrid belonging to the district of Moratalaz. It has an area of . As of 1 February 2020, it has a population of 9197. The Madrid Spain Temple
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to Arganda del Rey was opened to the public, with passengers having to change trains at Puerta de Arganda station in order to continue their journey. Most characteristic for the new stations of Valdebernardo, Vicálvaro, San Cipriano and Puerta de Arganda are their distinctly coloured walls, an innovation aimed at making it less likely for passengers to accidentally miss their stop. Many subsequently constructed or renovated stations of the Metro system now use that same technique.
It is important to distinguish between the Metro Vicálvaro (situated in the centre of the ''Casco Histórico'') and the train station Vicálvaro (situated above the Metro Puerta de Arganda).
Gallery
File:Vicálvaro - Metro San Cipriano.jpg, Interior of the San Cipriano metro station.
File:Vicálvaro - Calle Condeza Vega del Pozo.jpg, Calle Condeza Vega del Pozo
File:Vicálvaro - Centro Comercial with bus stops.jpg, Centro Comercial de Vicálvaro with bus stops
File:Vicálvaro - Paseo de los Artilleros.jpg, Paseo de los Artilleros
File:Vicálvaro - Parque de la Maceta with highway crossing (R3).jpg, Parque de la Maceta with highway (R3) crossing for bikes and pedestrians
File:Train station Vicálvaro and Metro Puerta de Arganda.jpg, Train station Vicálvaro with access to metro and 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 ...
File:Vicálvaro - Sidewalk alongside main road.jpg, Sidewalk alongside main road
References
External links
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Districts of Madrid