plaza de Castilla

The Plaza de Castilla is a square in the north of Madrid, Spain.

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Type: Square
Description: square in Madrid, Spain
Also known as: “Plaza de Castilla”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Plaza de Castilla and Caja Madrid Obelisk.

Plaza de Castilla

Metro station

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Plaza de Castilla is a station on Line 1, Line 9 and Line 10 of the Madrid Metro. It is located in fare Zone A. It is located underneath the square of the same name, on the border between the districts of Tetuán and Chamartín.

Caja Madrid Obelisk

Work of art

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The Caja Madrid Obelisk is an obelisk designed by Santiago Calatrava located in the Plaza de Castilla in Madrid, Spain. The monument—intended to commemorate the 300th anniversary of Caja Madrid—was donated by the savings bank to the city of Madrid.

Santiago Bernabéu Stadium

Stadium

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Bernabéu is a retractable roof football stadium in Madrid, Spain. With a seating capacity of 83,186 following its extensive renovation completed in late 2024, the stadium has the second-largest seating capacity for a football stadium in Spain. Santiago Bernabéu Stadium is situated 1½ km south of plaza de Castilla.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Almenara and Castillejos.

Almenara

Quarter

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Almenara, also popularly known by the name of La Ventilla, is an administrative neighborhood of Madrid located in the district of Tetuán. It has an area of 0.999369 km2.

Castillejos

Quarter

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Castillejos is an administrative neighborhood of Madrid located in the district of Tetuán. It has an area of 0.708501 km2. As of February 2020, it has a population of 20,870.