San Cristóbal (, "

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") is a neighbourhood in southern

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 ...

. The neighbourhood is isolated by the railroads and highways that create borders, but has a

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stop on Line 3 at San Cristóbal station. San Cristóbal is home to the Puente de Colores open-air social centre, built from 2012–2014 and a community

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project. Raul, the Real Madrid legend, was born in this neighbourhood. Provides a phase-by-phase project outline.

Notable residents

* Raúl (born 1977), footballer

References

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