Lavapiés
Lavapiés is a historic neighbourhood in the city of Madrid, Spain. It is located in the administrative ward of Embajadores in the downtown Centro District, southwest of neighbouring neighbourhood La Latina.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Neighborhood with 44,600 residents
- Description: neighborhood in Madrid, Spain
- Also known as: “Lavapies”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lavapiés and Museum Reina Sofía.
Lavapiés
Metro station
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Lavapiés is a station on Line 3 of the Madrid Metro, serving the Lavapiés neighbourhood. It is located in fare Zone A.
Museum Reina Sofía
Museum
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The Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía is Spain's national museum of 20th-century art. The museum was officially inaugurated on September 10, 1992, and is named for Queen Sofía.
Teatro Valle-Inclán
Theater building
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The Teatro Valle-Inclán is a theatre in Madrid, Spain. Together with Teatro María Guerrero, it is the home of the Spanish Centro Dramático Nacional. It is located at plaza de Lavapiés, in the city centre, and opened in February 2006.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Embajadores and Sol-Letras-Lavapiés.
Embajadores
Quarter
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Embajadores is an administrative neighborhood of Madrid, belonging to the Centro District.
Sol-Letras-Lavapiés
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Sol, Letras and Lavapiés are neighbourhoods in central Madrid, the capital of Spain.
Palos de la Frontera
Quarter
Palos de la Frontera is an administrative neighborhood of Madrid belonging to the district of Arganzuela. It has an area of 0.643542 km2.
Lavapiés
- Category: locality
- Location: Centro, Madrid, Madrid, Community of Madrid, Central Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.4084° or 40° 24′ 30″ northLongitude
-3.70097° or 3° 42′ 4″ westPopulation
44,600Elevation
639 metres (2,096 feet)Open location code
8CGRC75X+9JOpenStreetMap ID
node 3434168948OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodGeoNames ID
6545078Wikidata ID
Q2566034
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Spanish—“Lavapiés” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Lavapiés”
- Catalan: “Lavapiés”
- Chinese: “Lavapiés”
- Chinese: “拉瓦皮耶斯”
- Danish: “Lavapies”
- Danish: “Lavapiés”
- Dutch: “Lavapiés”
- Esperanto: “Lavapiés”
- French: “Lavapies”
- French: “Lavapiés”
- German: “Lavapiés”
- Italian: “Lavapiés”
- Portuguese: “Estação Lavapiés”
- Portuguese: “Lavapiés”
- Russian: “Лавапьес”
- Slovenian: “Lavapies”
- Slovenian: “Lavapiés”
- Spanish: “barrio de Lavapies”
- Spanish: “barrio de Lavapiés”
- Spanish: “Lavapies (barrio)”
- Spanish: “Lavapies”
- Spanish: “Lavapiés”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Codere and Biblioteca Humanidades UNED.
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