Tetuán is a

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Madrid Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the Largest cities of the Europ ...

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Geography

Subdivision

Featuring a total area of around , the district is divided into 6 administrative neighborhoods (''barrios''): Almenara,

Bellas Vistas Bellas Vistas is an administrative neighborhood () of 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. ...

Berruguete Berruguete is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alonso Berruguete Alonso González de Berruguete (Alonso Berruguete) (c. 1488 – 1561) was a Spanish painter, sculptor and architect. He is considered to be the most import ...

Castillejos Castillejos, officially the Municipality of Castillejos ( ilo, Ili ti Castillejos; tl, Bayan ng Castillejos), is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Zambales, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 67,889 peopl ...

, Cuatro Caminos and

Valdeacederas Valdeacederas is an administrative neighborhood () of 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. ...

History

When

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. Early life He was born at Santa Cruz de Tenerife in the Canar ...

returned with his forces to Spain after the 1859–60 African War, the latter camped at a spot north of Madrid known as the ''Campos de Amaniel'' (Fields of Amaniel) while a triumphal entry into the capital was being arranged. The camp, which acquired permanent structures as well as shops over time, became the Madrid neighborhood known as "Tetuán de las Victorias" (Tetouan of the Victories), after Tetouan, the Moroccan city where the victorious soldiers had come from. The current district also comprises part of the territory of the former municipality of Chamartín de la Rosa, annexed by the municipality of Madrid in 1948. The community is culturally diverse, with significant populations of African and South American immigrants, although Filipinos constitute the largest foreign population group in the district. Filipinos form the largest immigrant group in four of the district's six neighborhoods (Bellas Vistas, Berruguete, Castillejos and Cuatro Caminos), and the majority of Madrid's Filipino community lives in the district.

Architecture

Some areas of Tetuán have old and modest housing, characterised by one or two storeys and a rural appearance. Those areas are contrasted by the business area of

AZCA AZCA, an acronym for ''Asociación Mixta de Compensación de la Manzana A de la Zona Comercial de la Avenida del Generalísimo'' ("Mixed Association for Compensation of the A Block of the Commercial Area of the Avenue of the Generalisimo", now ca ...

( Cuatro Caminos neighborhood), located in the southeastern corner of the district, and that features skycrapers such as the

Torre Picasso Torre Picasso (Picasso Tower) is a skyscraper in Madrid, Spain designed by Minoru Yamasaki. From 1988 until 2007 it was the tallest building in Madrid, measuring and with 43 floors. Torre Picasso is located next to the Pablo Picasso Square, wi ...

. Many neighbors frame the contrast in terms of a dichotomy lined up along the

calle de Bravo Murillo The calle de Bravo Murillo is a major street in Madrid, Spain. The streets starts in the glorieta de Quevedo, in the Chamberí District. Going North across the Tetuán District, it features a slightly bended path joining with the Paseo de la Cas ...

: East of the street–rich; West of the street–poor. Tetuán hosts the Madrid Central Mosque, the oldest and one of the two most important mosques in Madrid along the M-30 mosque.

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External links

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