Menéndez Pelayo is a station on
Line 1 of the
Madrid Metro. It is located in Zone A. It was opened on 8 May 1923. It is named for the Avenida de Menéndez Pelayo, which is named in turn for the scholar
Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo
Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo (; 3 November 1856 – 19 May 1912) was a Spanish scholar, historian and literary critic. Even though his main interest was the history of ideas, and Hispanic philology in general, he also cultivated poetry, transla ...
(1856–1912).
References
Line 1 (Madrid Metro) stations
Railway stations in Spain opened in 1923
Buildings and structures in Retiro District, Madrid
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