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Recoletos Station
''Recoletos'' is a Cercanías Madrid, Cercanías station in Madrid city center. It was opened in 1967 as part of the Túnel de la risa project and it is located between Madrid Atocha railway station, Atocha and Nuevos Ministerios Station, Nuevos Ministerios stations. {{Authority control Cercanías Madrid stations Railway stations in Spain opened in 1967 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Centro (Madrid)
Centro (, "Centre") is a district of Madrid, Spain. It is approximately in size. It has a population of 149,718 people and a population density of . It roughly corresponds to the bulk of the housing formerly enclosed by the so-called Walls of Philip IV. The district is made up of the neighbourhoods of Cortes, Embajadores, Justicia, Universidad, Palacio and Sol. History The Centro district of Madrid is the oldest section of the city. Evidence of a stable settlement dates back to Spain's Muslim period. In the second half of the 9th century, the emir of Córdoba, Muhammad I (852–886), built a fortress on a promontory beside the river, the modern-day location of the Royal Palace. Its purpose was to watch the passes of the Sierra de Guadarrama and to initiate raids against the northern Christian countries. The remaining ruins of the fortress's wall are still preserved. A small suburb called Magerit developed to the east of the fortress. With the exception of the wall, fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
