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Retiro (Madrid)
Retiro is a Districts of Madrid, district located at the southeast of the city centre of Madrid, Spain. Its area is of , the number of houses is 46,512 and the population, as of 2005, was of 126,058. History Retiro's history has been strongly determined by the presence of the park with the same name and the railway facilities located at the south and west of this District. Parque del Buen Retiro, Retiro Park, together with Paseo del Prado, has given its own personality to the area of Los Jerónimos, while the rest of the District is determined by Madrid Atocha railway station, Atocha Railway Station and previously also by Niño Jesús Station. During the 20th Century, the area consolidated as residential areas for people with a growing economic power. Geography Subdivision The district is administratively divided into six wards (''Barrios''): * Adelfas * Estrella (Madrid), Estrella * Ibiza (Madrid), Ibiza * Jerónimos (Madrid), Jerónimos * Niño Jesús (Madrid), Niño Jesús ...
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Districts Of Madrid
Madrid, the capital of Spain, is divided into 21 districts, which are further subdivided into List of wards of Madrid, 131 administrative wards. Additional neighborhoods exist outside the boundaries of administrative borders. Each district is governed by a body named ''Junta Municipal de Distrito''. Residents of Madrid are typically called ''Madrileños''. Districts and wards Data as of 1st January 2017. Source: Área de Gobierno de Economía, Hacienda. Subdirección General de Estadística. Padrón Municipal de Habitantes. Popular neighbourhoods Contemporary Madrid came into its own after the death of general Francisco Franco. Reaction against the dictatorial bureaucracy centered in Madrid, and a history of centralism that predated Franco by centuries has resulted in the successful modern movement towards increased Autonomous entity, autonomy for the regions of Spain, considered autonomous regions under the umbrella of Spain. The modern metropolis is home to over three millio ...
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Parque Del Buen Retiro
The Retiro Park (Spanish: , literally "Good Retreat Park"), also known as Buen Retiro Park or simply El Retiro, is one of the largest city parks in Madrid, Spain. The park belonged to the Spanish monarchy until 1868, when it became a public park following the Glorious Revolution. The park is located at the edge of the city centre, near both the Puerta de Alcalá and the Museo del Prado, and covers . It has gardens, monuments, galleries, an artificial lake, and event-hosting venues. In 2021, Buen Retiro Park became part of a combined UNESCO World Heritage Site that also includes Paseo del Prado. History In 1505, the Jeronimites monastery was moved to a new Isabelline Gothic-style building at the present-day site of the Church of Saint Jerome the Royal. The royal family had a retreat built as part of the new church. King Philip II (ruled 1556–1598) moved the Spanish court to Madrid in 1561. Philip had the Retiro enlarged under the direction of his architect Juan Bautista ...
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Colegio Santa María Del Pilar
The Colegio Santa María del Pilar, known also as Colegio Santa María, is a Roman Catholic private primary, middle and high school founded by the Society of Mary in Madrid, Spain. The school campus is one of the largest in central Madrid and its listed chapel, built in the 1950s, is one of the finest examples of early Spanish modern brick vaults. Overview The school was founded in 1953, as an extension of the existing Colegio Nuestra Señora del Pilar. The principal of the Nuestra Señora del Pilar School was also principal of the newly created school, which was called “Nuestra Señora del Pilar-B". In 1600 ROZ changed its name to Santa Maria del Pilar and inaugurated the current facilities. In December 2008 the School was granted permission to build a new sports centre with swimming pool and a new gym. The school is often ranked as one of the best schools of Spain and has a long list of distinguished former pupils. Felipe Juan Froilán de Marichalar y Borbón (eldest son ...
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Buen Retiro Park
The Retiro Park (Spanish: , literally "Good Retreat Park"), also known as Buen Retiro Park or simply El Retiro, is one of the largest Urban park, city parks in Madrid, Spain. The park belonged to the Spanish monarchy until 1868, when it became a public park following the Glorious Revolution (Spain), Glorious Revolution. The park is located at the edge of the city centre, near both the Puerta de Alcalá and the Museo del Prado, and covers . It has gardens, monuments, galleries, an artificial lake, and event-hosting venues. In 2021, Buen Retiro Park became part of a combined UNESCO World Heritage Site that also includes Paseo del Prado. History In 1505, the Hieronymites, Jeronimites monastery was moved to a new Isabelline (architectural style), Isabelline Gothic-style building at the present-day site of the Church of Saint Jerome the Royal. The royal family had a retreat built as part of the new church. Philip II of Spain, King Philip II (ruled 1556–1598) moved the Spanish cour ...
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Pacífico (Madrid)
Pacífico is an administrative neighborhood () of Madrid Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It i ... belonging to the district of Retiro. References Wards of Madrid Retiro (Madrid) {{Madrid-geo-stub ...
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Niño Jesús (Madrid)
Niño Jesús is an administrative neighborhood (''barrio'') of Madrid Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It i ... belonging to the district of Retiro. It is 0.643202 km² in size. References Wards of Madrid Retiro (Madrid) {{Madrid-geo-stub ...
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Jerónimos (Madrid)
Los Jerónimos is an administrative neighborhood (''barrio'') of Madrid belonging to the district of Retiro. It is 1.900627 km² in size. The Retiro Park, the Town Hall In local government, a city hall, town hall, civic centre (in the UK or Australia), guildhall, or municipal hall (in the Philippines) is the chief administrative building of a city, town, or other municipality. It usually houses the city o ... and the Prado Museum are located within its limits. References Wards of Madrid Retiro (Madrid) {{Madrid-geo-stub ...
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Ibiza (Madrid)
Ibiza is an administrative neighborhood () of Madrid Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It i ... belonging to the district of Retiro. It has an area of . As of 1 February 2020, it has a population of 22,050. The building complex of the Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón is located in the neighborhood. References {{coord, 40, 25, 8, N, 3, 40, 27, W, type:city(150000)_region:ES, display=title Wards of Madrid Retiro (Madrid) ...
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Estrella (Madrid)
Estrella is an administrative neighborhood () of Madrid Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It i ... belonging to the district of Retiro. It has an area of . As of 1 March 2020, it has a population of 23,474. References {{coord, 40, 24, 49, N, 3, 39, 51, W, type:city(150000)_region:ES, display=title Wards of Madrid Retiro (Madrid) ...
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Adelfas
Adelfas is an administrative neighborhood () in Madrid of the Retiro district. . It is located in the extreme south of the district, so it only delimits with 3 of the 5 neighborhoods of the district: Pacífico to the west, Niño Jesús Niño Jesús is an administrative neighborhood (''barrio'') of Madrid Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan a ... to the east and Estrella to the northeast. It is a middle class neighborhood, and it is also the neighborhood of the district with the newest architecture. This neighborhood was formerly known as "Las Californias". This name is attributed to the homonymous street that was the backbone of neighborhood. Demography It has a population of 12,105 as of January 1, 2006 . The evolution of demographics in the neighborhood has experienced a great increase over the last 20 years. Thus in 1986 the populati ...
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Madrid Atocha Railway Station
Madrid Atocha (), also named Madrid Puerta de Atocha–Almudena Grandes, is the oldest major railway station in Madrid. It is the largest station serving commuter trains (Cercanías Madrid, ''Cercanías''), regional trains from the south and southeast, intercity trains from Navarre, Cádiz and Huelva (Andalusia) and La Rioja (Spain), La Rioja, and the AVE high-speed rail, high speed trains from Girona, Tarragona and Barcelona (Catalonia), Huesca and Zaragoza (Aragon), Sevilla, Province of Córdoba (Spain), Córdoba, Málaga and Granada (Andalusia), Valencia, Spain, Valencia, Province of Castellón, Castellón and Alicante (Levante, Spain, Levante Region). These train services are run by Spain's national rail company, Renfe. As of 2019, the station has daily service to Marseille, France. Overview The station is in the Atocha (Madrid), Atocha neighborhood of the district of Arganzuela. The original façade faces Plaza del Emperador Carlos V, a site at which a variety of streets con ...
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Paseo Del Prado
The Paseo del Prado is one of the main boulevards in Madrid, Spain. It runs north–south between the Plaza de Cibeles and the Plaza del Emperador Carlos V (also known as Plaza de Madrid Atocha railway station, Atocha), with the Plaza de Cánovas del Castillo (the location of the Fountain of Neptune (Madrid), Fuente de Neptuno, and of the Ritz and Palace five-star hotels) lying approximately in the middle. The Paseo del Prado forms the southern end of the city's central axis (which continues to the north of Cibeles as the Paseo de Recoletos, and further north as the Paseo de la Castellana). It enjoys the status of ''Bien de Interés Cultural'' (BIC), and as part of a combined UNESCO World Heritage Site with Parque del Buen Retiro, Madrid, Buen Retiro Park. Etymology Paseo del Prado takes its name from what was once the Prado de los Jerónimos, a group of fields surrounding the Monastery of San Jerónimo El Real, upon which the boulevard was built. Description This densely t ...
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