Ciudad Lineal (, "Linear City") is one of 21
districts of Madrid
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, Spain.
Geography
Wards
The district is administratively divided into nine wards:
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Atalaya
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Colina
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Concepción
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Costillares
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Pueblo Nuevo
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Quintana
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San Juan Bautista
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San Pascual
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Ventas
History
Its name, ''Linear City'', comes from the model of organization
of the same name devised by the Spanish architect
Arturo Soria y Mata. The ‘Ciudad Lineal’ takes a form of a city 400 meters wide, centered on a tramway (line 70 - closed in 1972) and a thoroughfare running in parallel. The main street in the district, ''calle de Arturo Soria'', bears his name. The city is the current headquarters for the
flag carrier airline of
Spain
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,
Iberia
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.
Mariano Belmás Estrada was one of the main architects in the early days.
References
External links
Districts of Madrid
Planned communities in Spain
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