Canillejas is an administrative neighborhood (''barrio'') of

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, belonging to the San Blas-Canillejas district. It is named after the former namesake

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, absorbed by Madrid in 1949. It has an area of . As of 1 March 2020, it has a population of 29,288.

Overview

Canillejas is a middle class area and is close to the

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. It has grown extensively in recent decades. It was the last suburb before reaching the Campos (countryside), but has since been flanked by new growth. Heading towards the center of the city, its main street becomes the Calle De Alcalá, which has many of Madrid's landmarks, including the

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, Retiro Park and eventually ending in

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. It is also the site of Santa María la Blanca church which is notable especially for fine wooden lattice ceilings carved in the mid-16th century in the

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style, which were hidden under a plaster vault for hundreds of years and were uncovered in 2020. The Fiestas de Canillejas takes place from 1 to 8 September.

References

{{authority control Wards of Madrid San Blas-Canillejas