Community of Madrid
Madrid
Centro

Chueca

Chueca is an area of central Madrid, named after its main square, Plaza de Chueca. It is known as Madrid's gay neighbourhood. Plaza de Chueca was named after Spanish composer and author Federico Chueca.
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  • Type: Neighborhood
  • Description: neighborhood
  • Also known as: “Chueca, Madrid”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Biblioteca Nacional de España and Plaza de Chueca.

Library
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The is the national library of Spain. It is the largest public library in the country, and one of the largest in the world.

Square
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is a square.

Museum
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The Museum of History of Madrid ) is a history museum located on Calle de Fuencarral in downtown , that chronicles the history of the city. It was opened as the Museo Municipal in 1929, and was renamed as the in 2007.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Justicia and Malasaña-Chueca.

Quarter
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is a ward of belonging to the district of . It contains the neighborhoods of Chueca and Salesas.

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Malasaña, Chueca, Conde Duque and Salesas are neighbourhoods in northern central .

Quarter
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, originally known as Barrio de Maravillas, is a neighborhood in the Centro district of . Its precise boundaries were historically defined by Calle de San Bernardo, Calle de San Vicente Ferrer, Calle de Fuencarral, and Calle de Carranza—streets that once belonged to the former Parroquia de Maravillas.

Chueca

Latitude
40.42274° or 40° 25′ 22″ north
Longitude
-3.69933° or 3° 41′ 58″ west
Elevation
673 metres (2,208 feet)
Open location code
8CGRC8F2+37
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1862926475
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
Geo­Names ID
6545081
Wiki­data ID
Q284642
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Chueca” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “تشويكا”
  • Basque: “Chueca”
  • Catalan: “Chueca”
  • Chinese: “丘埃卡 (馬德里)”
  • Chinese: “丘埃卡 (马德里)”
  • Chinese: “丘埃卡”
  • Danish: “Chueca”
  • Dutch: “Chueca”
  • Esperanto: “Chueca”
  • French: “Chueca”
  • Galician: “Chueca”
  • German: “Chueca”
  • Hungarian: “Chueca”
  • Indonesian: “Chueca”
  • Italian: “Chueca”
  • Japanese: “チュエカ”
  • Malay: “Chueca”
  • Polish: “Chueca”
  • Portuguese: “Chueca”
  • Romanian: “Chueca”
  • Serbian: “Чуека”
  • Spanish: “Chueca”
  • Turkish: “Chueca”
  • Welsh: “Chueca”

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