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Madrid Central
Madrid Central is a low-emission zone located in the center of Madrid. It was inaugurated on November 30, 2018. The project has been something of a political football and as at 2024 has been severely curtained by a court ruling. It is aimed at reducing pollution from traffic. There is little industry in the center of the city, and vehicular traffic has been responsible for a significant proportion of emissions there. Madrid Central was not Spain's first low-emission zone, because Pontevedra had effectively created such a zone by pedestrianising much of its city center. Barcelona announced the implementation of a low emission zone from the beginning of 2020. History Prior to the introduction of the Madrid Central scheme, traffic had already been restricted in the city and residents' cars had been given priority for parking in Residential Priority Areas. (Spanish: ''Área de Prioridad Residencial'' or ''APR''). Madrid Central was approved by the Governing Board of the City ...
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Este may refer to: Geography * Este (woreda), a district in Ethiopia * Este, Veneto, a town in Italy * Este (Málaga), a district in Spain * Este (river), a river in Germany * Este (São Pedro), a parish in Portugal * Este (São Mamede), a parish in Portugal People * House of Este, a European dynasty * Dukes of Ferrara and of Modena, the Italian family of Este * Este culture, a proto-historic culture existed from the late Italian Bronze Age * Aquiles Este (born 1962), American semiotician * Charles Este (1696–1745), bishop of Ossory and Waterford and Lismore * Florence Esté (1860–1926), American painter * Este Haim (born 1986), American musician Other uses * A.C. Este, an association football club based in Este, Veneto * Estë, a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium * The Villa d'Este in Tivoli, Italy, with its palace and garden, is one of the most remarkable and comprehensive illustrations of Renaissance culture at its most refined. It has been li ...
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José Luis Martínez-Almeida
José Luis Martínez-Almeida Navasqüés (born 17 April 1975) is a Spanish state lawyer and politician. A member of the People's Party (PP), he has been a member of the Madrid City Council since 2015 and has been Mayor of Madrid since 2019. Biography Martínez-Almeida was born in Madrid on 17 April 1975. His grandfather Pablo Martínez-Almeida y Nacarino was a member of the Privy Council of the Count of Barcelona, he is the youngest of the six children of Rafael Martínez-Almeida y León y Castillo and Ángela Navasqüés Cobián. He studied at the Retamar School in Pozuelo de Alarcón, linked to the Opus Dei. Martínez-Almeida affiliated to the People's Party (PP) when he was 20 years old, and he earned a Licentiate degree in law at the ICADE ( Comillas Pontifical University) in 1998. In 2001, he joined the State Lawyers Corps. He served as Director-General for Historic Heritage of the Community of Madrid from 2007 to 2011. In 2011, Esperanza Aguirre, the region's p ...
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Air Pollution In Spain
An atmosphere () is a layer of gases that envelop an astronomical object, held in place by the gravity of the object. A planet retains an atmosphere when the gravity is great and the temperature of the atmosphere is low. A stellar atmosphere is the outer region of a star, which includes the layers above the opaque photosphere; stars of low temperature might have outer atmospheres containing compound molecules. The atmosphere of Earth is composed of nitrogen (78%), oxygen (21%), argon (0.9%), carbon dioxide (0.04%) and trace gases. Most organisms use oxygen for respiration; lightning and bacteria perform nitrogen fixation which produces ammonia that is used to make nucleotides and amino acids; plants, algae, and cyanobacteria use carbon dioxide for photosynthesis. The layered composition of the atmosphere minimises the harmful effects of sunlight, ultraviolet radiation, solar wind, and cosmic rays and thus protects the organisms from genetic damage. The current composition of t ...
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Plaza De España, Madrid
is a large square and popular tourist destination located in central Madrid, Spain at the western end of the Gran Vía (Madrid), Gran Vía. It features a Monument to Miguel de Cervantes, monument to Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra and is adjacent to two of Madrid's most prominent skyscrapers. Additionally, the Royal Palace of Madrid, Palacio Real (Royal Palace) is only a short walk south from the plaza. After years of renovation, on 22 November 2021, the square was reopened for pedestrians. Cervantes Monument Right in the center of the square is the monument to Miguel de Cervantes, created at the same time as the square itself. Around the monument, a series of landscaped spaces were created for the enjoyment and rest of passers-by. In front of the statue of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza, a pond of rectangular form is located that forms one of the best known views of the Madrid, Spanish capital, along with the Torre de Madrid and Edificio España behind it. Initially, the statue ...
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Ronda De Atocha
The Ronda de Atocha is a thoroughfare in Madrid, Spain. It is part of the rim of streets rounding up the city historical centre, following the layout of the Walls of Philip IV. History and description Starting in the Plaza del Emperador Carlos V and ending in the , the ronda de Atocha conforms a stretch of the southern limits of the Centro district. The Ronda occupies part of the layout of the ancient Walls of Philip IV. The ronda already existed when the (1656) was created. The area was refurbished during the reign of Charles III (late 18th century), and the Ronda de Atocha became part of a trident of forested boulevards (along the and the ) that followed the '' patte d'oie'' configuration in vogue at the time. Following the end of the 1936–1939 Spanish Civil War, during the Francoist dictatorship, the name of the Ronda de Atocha was changed to "''General Primo de Rivera''", in reference to Miguel Primo de Rivera. After 1968, the thoroughfare featured one of the thr ...
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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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Paseo De Recoletos
Paseo de Recoletos is a wide boulevard in central Madrid leading from Plaza de Cibeles to Plaza de Colón. From west to east it consists of: * Two southward lanes * The pedestrian walk * A southward bus lane * Three southward lanes * Three northward lanes * A median strip lined with trees, flowerbeds, etc. * Two northward lanes * A northward Bus lane. History By the end of the 18th century architect José de Hermosilla was entrusted by Charles III of Spain, King Charles III to urbanize the area of the old Bajo Abroñigal (or Valnegral) river, which flowed from Chamartín (Madrid), Chamartín to Plaza Atocha. This gave birth to Paseo del Prado as well to Paseo de Recoletos. The name "Recoletos" was taken from an old convent of Augustinian Recollect friars built in 1592 in the area. The boulevard originally ended in the old ''Puerta de Recoletos'', a baroque gate built under Ferdinand VI of Spain, Ferdinand VI in 1756 and dismantled in 1863. During the Peninsular War this gate ...
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Remote Work
Remote work (also called telecommuting, telework, work from or at home, WFH as an initialism, hybrid work, and other terms) is the practice of work (human activity), working at or from one's home or Third place, another space rather than from an office or workplace. The practice of working at home has been documented for centuries, but remote work for large employers began on a small scale in the 1970s, when technology was developed which could link satellite offices to downtown mainframes through dumb terminals using telephone lines as a network bridge. It became more common in the 1990s and 2000s, facilitated by internet technologies such as collaborative software on cloud computing and conference calling via videotelephony. In 2020, workplace hazard controls for COVID-19 catalyzed a rapid transition to remote work for white-collar workers around the world, which largely persisted even after restrictions were lifted. Proponents of having a geographically distributed workforc ...
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Air Pollution
Air pollution is the presence of substances in the Atmosphere of Earth, air that are harmful to humans, other living beings or the environment. Pollutants can be Gas, gases like Ground-level ozone, ozone or nitrogen oxides or small particles like soot and dust. It affects both outdoor air and indoor air. Natural sources of air pollution include Wildfire, wildfires, Dust storm, dust storms, and Volcanic eruption, volcanic eruptions. Indoor air pollution is often Energy poverty and cooking, caused by the use of biomass (e.g. wood) for cooking and heating. Outdoor air pollution comes from some industrial processes, the burning of Fossil fuel, fossil fuels for electricity and transport, waste management and agriculture. Many of the contributors of local air pollution, especially the burning of fossil fuels, also cause greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change, global warming. Air pollution causes around 7 or 8 million deaths each year. It is a significant risk factor for ...
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State Of Alarm
In Spain the state of alarm (''estado de alarma'') is the lowest of the three degrees of state of emergency that allows the government to perform actions or impose policies that it would normally not be permitted to undertake. It is regulated in the article 116.2 of the Constitution of Spain. It can be declared in all of Spain or parts of it in these cases: *Serious risk, catastrophe or public calamity, such as earthquakes, floods, urban and forest fires, or major accidents. *Health crises, such as epidemics and serious contamination situations. *Situations of shortages of basic necessity products. *Paralysis of essential public services for the community if any of the above circumstances or situations concur. The state of alarm is declared by the government through a decree passed by the Council of Ministers for a maximum period of 15 days, reporting to the Congress of Deputies, gathered immediately for this purpose. Without the Congress authorization said period may not be exten ...
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Pedro Sánchez
Pedro Sánchez Pérez-Castejón (; born 29 February 1972) is a Spanish politician who has served as Prime Minister of Spain since 2018. He has also been Secretary-General of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) since July 2017, having previously held that office from 2014 to 2016, and has also been serving as the ninth Socialist International#Presidents, president of the Socialist International in 2022. Sánchez began his political career in August 2004 as a city councillor in Madrid, before being elected to the Congress of Deputies in 2009. In 2014, he was elected Secretary-General of the PSOE, becoming Leader of the Opposition (Spain), Leader of the Opposition. He led the party through the inconclusive 2015 Spanish general election, 2015 and 2016 Spanish general election, 2016 general elections, but resigned as Secretary-General shortly after the latter, following 2016 PSOE crisis, public disagreements with the party's executive. He was re-elected in a 2017 Spanish Soc ...
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Prime Minister Of Spain
The prime minister of Spain, officially president of the Government (), is the head of government of Spain. The prime minister nominates the Spanish government departments, ministers and chairs the Council of Ministers (Spain), Council of Ministers. In this sense, the prime minister establishes the Government of Spain, Government policies and coordinates the actions of the Cabinet members. As chief executive, the prime minister also advises the Monarchy of Spain, monarch on the exercise of their royal prerogatives. Although it is not possible to determine when the position actually originated, the office of prime minister evolved throughout history to what it is today. The role of prime minister (then called Secretary of State) as president of the Council of Ministers, first appears in a royal decree of 1824 by King Ferdinand VII of Spain, Ferdinand VII. The current office was established during the reign of Juan Carlos I, in the Constitution of Spain, 1978 Constitution, which ...
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