Atocha (Madrid)
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Country | Spain |
Aut. community | Community of Madrid |
Municipality | Madrid |
District | Arganzuela |
Atocha [aˈtotʃa] is an administrative neighborhood (barrio) of Madrid belonging to the district of Arganzuela.
Etymology
The Atocha meadow appears as Prato de Thoia and prado de Toia in the 13th-century Madrid town charter.[1] It has been linked to atochar ("
Geography
Located in the middle of Madrid, the ward is formed by a strip between the avenue Calle de Méndez Álvaro (south-west), and the north-eastern area of Madrid Atocha railway station, that occupies great part of its territory. The northern border is at the square Plaza del Emperador Carlos V and the southern one in the avenue Calle de Pedro Bosch.
Atocha borders the districts of
Transport
Home of Madrid Atocha, the main railway station of the city, the ward is also served by the Metro lines 1 (at Estación del Arte and Atocha stations), 6 (at Méndez Álvaro station) and by several lines of a commuter rail network named Cercanías Madrid.[5]
References
- ISBN 978-84-340-2542-4. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
- ^ "atochada". atochada | Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish) (23.5 ed.). RAE-ASALE. 2021. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
Lomo hecho de atocha, romero o broza y tierra, para contener el agua en los bancales.
- ^ Cruz, Luis de la (3 March 2022). "De hierbas, agua y leyendas: ¿cuál es el origen del topónimo Atocha?". Somos Madrid - ElDiario.es (in European Spanish). Retrieved 4 March 2022.
- ^ Arganzuela district map
- ^ Serving Madrid Atocha and Madrid Méndez Álvaro stations: see map
External links
Media related to Atocha neighborhood, Madrid at Wikimedia Commons