Recoletos
Recoletos is one of the six wards of Salamanca in Madrid, Spain. Recoletos has about 15,400 residents.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Rubén Vique, CC BY 2.0.
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Biblioteca Nacional de España and National Archaeological Museum.
Biblioteca Nacional de España
Library
The Biblioteca Nacional de España is the national library of Spain. It is the largest public library in the country, and one of the largest in the world.
National Archaeological Museum
Museum
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The National Archaeological Museum is a archaeology museum in Madrid, Spain. It is located on Calle de Serrano beside the Plaza de Colón, sharing its building with the National Library of Spain.
Puerta de Alcalá
Photo: Enric, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Puerta de Alcalá is a Neo-classical gate in the Plaza de la Independencia in Madrid, Spain. It was a gate of the former Walls of Philip IV. It stands near the city center and several meters away from the main entrance to the Parque del Buen Retiro.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Salamanca and Justicia.
Salamanca
Photo: Zaqarbal, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Salamanca is a district of Madrid. It is located northeast of the centre and is considered to be the poshest neighbourhood of the city. Branches of international luxury brands, upscale restaurants, nightlife venues and hotels are found here.
Justicia
Quarter
Justicia is a ward of Madrid belonging to the district of Centro. It contains the neighborhoods of Chueca and Salesas.
Goya
Quarter
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Goya is an administrative neighborhood of Madrid belonging to the district of Salamanca. It has an area of 0.771228 km2. As of 1 March 2020, it has a population of 30,010. The WiZink Center is located in the neighborhood.
Recoletos
- Type: Quarter with 15,400 residents
- Description: neighborhood in Madrid
- Categories: neighborhood of Madrid and locality
- Location: Madrid, Madrid, Community of Madrid, Central Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
40.42436° or 40° 25′ 28″ northLongitude
-3.68574° or 3° 41′ 9″ westPopulation
15,400Elevation
676 metres (2,218 feet)Open location code
8CGRC8F7+PPOpenStreetMap ID
node 6223637446OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarterGeoNames ID
11549942Wikidata ID
Q3814551
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Turkish—“Recoletos” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Recoletos”
- Catalan: “Recoletos”
- Dutch: “Recoletos”
- Esperanto: “Rekoleto”
- French: “Recoletos”
- Galician: “Barrio de Recoletos”
- Galician: “Recoletos”
- German: “Recoletos”
- Japanese: “リコレトス”
- Portuguese: “Recoletos (bairro de Madrid)”
- Portuguese: “Recoletos”
- Russian: “Реколетос”
- Slovenian: “Recoletos”
- Spanish: “barrio de Madrid 41”
- Spanish: “Barrio de Recoletos”
- Spanish: “Recoletos (Madrid)”
- Spanish: “Recoletos, Madrid”
- Spanish: “Recoletos”
- Turkish: “Recoletos”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Recoletos”. Photo: Rubén Vique, CC BY 2.0.