Malasaña
Malasaña is a neighborhood district located in the center of Madrid, Spain. The district is square, bordered by Gran Vía to the south, Calle de Fuencarral to the east, Calle de Carranza to the north, and Calle de San Bernardo to the west.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Plaza del Dos de Mayo and Church of Our Lady of Marvels.
Plaza del Dos de Mayo
Square
Photo: Nicolas Vigier, CC0.
The Plaza del Dos de Mayo is an urban square in Madrid, Spain. It is the centre of the Malasaña area, within the administrative neighborhood of Universidad.
Museo de Historia de Madrid
Museum
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The Museum of History of Madrid ) is a history museum located on Calle de Fuencarral in downtown Madrid, Spain that chronicles the history of the city. It was opened as the Museo Municipal in 1929, and was renamed as the Museo de Historia de Madrid in 2007.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Universidad and Malasaña-Chueca.
Universidad
Quarter
Photo: cesarastudillo, CC BY 2.0.
Universidad, originally known as Barrio de Maravillas, is a neighborhood in the Centro district of Madrid. 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.
Malasaña-Chueca
Malasaña, Chueca, Conde Duque and Salesas are neighbourhoods in northern central Madrid.
Chueca
Neighborhood
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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.
Malasaña
- Type: Neighborhood
- Description: ward in the district of Centro of Madrid
- Categories: territory and locality
- Location: Centro, Madrid, Madrid, Community of Madrid, Central Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
40.42671° or 40° 25′ 36″ northLongitude
-3.70423° or 3° 42′ 15″ westElevation
666 metres (2,185 feet)Open location code
8CGRC7GW+M8OpenStreetMap ID
node 1862928844OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Spanish—“Malasaña” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Malasaña”
- Danish: “Malasana”
- Danish: “Malasaña”
- Dutch: “Malasaña”
- Esperanto: “Kvartalo Malasanjo”
- Esperanto: “Malasanjo”
- French: “Malasaña”
- German: “Malasaña”
- German: “Universidad”
- Italian: “Malasana”
- Italian: “Malasaña”
- Japanese: “マラサーニャ”
- Portuguese: “Universidad”
- Slovenian: “Malasaña”
- Spanish: “Barrio de las Maravillas”
- Spanish: “Barrio de Malasana”
- Spanish: “Barrio de Malasaña”
- Spanish: “Barrio de Maravillas”
- Spanish: “Malasana”
- Spanish: “Malasaña”
- “Malasaña”
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