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Edificio España

The Hotel Riu Plaza España is a historic skyscraper, the 8th tallest building in , . It opened in 1953 as the Edificio España, a mixed-use structure containing a hotel, offices, apartments and shops.
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  • Type: Hotel building
  • Description: building in Madrid, Spain
  • Address: Madrid
  • Roof shape: flat
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include plaza de España and Church of San Marcos.

Park
Photo: Kadellar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a large square and popular tourist destination located in central , at the western end of the Gran Vía. It features a and is adjacent to two of Madrid's most prominent skyscrapers. is situated 230 metres southwest of Edificio España.

Church
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The is a located in , . It was designed by Ventura Rodríguez, and it is one of a number of surviving buildings by this architect in the city. is situated 100 metres north of Edificio España.

Theater building
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is a theater building, which is situated 110 metres southeast of Edificio España.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Universidad and Argüelles.

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.

Quarter
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is an administrative neighborhood of belonging to the district of . As of 1 July 2019, it had a population of 24,257 inhabitants. It is 0,755758 km2 in total area. The Cerralbo Museum is located in the neighborhood.

Photo: Zarateman, CC0.
Malasaña, Chueca, Conde Duque and Salesas are neighbourhoods in northern central .

Edificio España

Latitude
40.42412° or 40° 25′ 27″ north
Longitude
-3.71096° or 3° 42′ 39″ west
Elevation
637 metres (2,090 feet)
Inception
October 6th, 1953
Levels
23
Height
117 metres (384 feet)
Open location code
8CGRC7FQ+JJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 49031978
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­hotel
Open­Street­Map attribute
roof-shape=­flat
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
11847507
Wiki­data ID
Q649426
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Swedish—“Edificio España” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Edificiu España”
  • Basque: “Espainia eraikina”
  • Chinese: “西班牙大廈”
  • Dutch: “Edificio Espana”
  • Dutch: “Edificio España”
  • Esperanto: “Konstruaĵo Hispanio”
  • Estonian: “Edificio España”
  • Finnish: “Edificio España”
  • French: “Edificio España”
  • French: “Immeuble Espagne”
  • Galician: “Edificio España”
  • German: “Edificio España”
  • Hebrew: “בניין ספרד”
  • Hungarian: “Edificio España”
  • Indonesian: “Edificio España”
  • Italian: “Edificio España”
  • Japanese: “エディフィシオ・エスパーニャ”
  • Polish: “Edificio España”
  • Russian: “Испания (здание)”
  • Russian: “Испания”
  • Spanish: “Edificio España”
  • Swedish: “Edificio España”

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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 “Edificio España”. Photo: Fernando, CC BY-SA 4.0.