Arganzuela

Arganzuela is a district in southern on the banks of river Manzanares. In addition to that, this article covers all southern districts of the Spanish capital, most of which are little frequented by international travellers.
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  • Type: Suburb with 149,000 residents
  • Description: 2nd city district of Madrid, Spain
  • Also known as: “Arganzuela District”, “District 2”, and “Distrito Arganzuela”
  • Neighbors: and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Museum Reina Sofía and Matadero Madrid.

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.

Arts center
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is the site of a former slaughterhouse, the El Matadero y Mercado Municipal de Ganados in the Arganzuela district of . Today, it is a contemporary arts centre.

Museum
The Museo del Ferrocarril in , Spain, is one of the largest historic railroad collections in Europe. It is housed in a redundant railway station called Madrid-Delicias in the barrio of Delicias.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sol-Letras-Lavapiés and La Latina-Austrias.

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Sol, Letras and Lavapiés are neighbourhoods in central , the capital of .

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La Latina and Austrias are neighbourhoods in central . They can be labelled as the old town of the Spanish capital.

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Retiro is a district in eastern-central . While it is dominated by the Retiro Park, it also houses 125,000 residents. This article also includes the Paseo del Arte where the city's most famous art museums are lined up.

Arganzuela

Latitude
40.39695° or 40° 23′ 49″ north
Longitude
-3.69729° or 3° 41′ 50″ west
Population
149,000
Elevation
605 metres (1,985 feet)
Open location code
8CGR98W3+Q3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 316756087
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
6544487
Wiki­data ID
Q2000929
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Turkish—“Arganzuela” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Արգանսուելա”
  • Asturian: “Arganzuela”
  • Basque: “Arganzuela”
  • Bulgarian: “Арганзуела”
  • Catalan: “Arganzuela”
  • Cebuano: “Arganzuela”
  • Chinese: “阿尔甘苏埃拉”
  • Chinese: “阿尔甘苏埃拉区”
  • Chinese: “阿爾甘蘇埃拉”
  • Dutch: “Arganzuela”
  • Esperanto: “Arganzuela”
  • Esperanto: “Arganzuelo”
  • French: “Arganzuela”
  • Galician: “Arganzuela”
  • Galician: “Distrito 2”
  • Galician: “Distrito de Arganzuela”
  • German: “Arganzuela”
  • Greek: “Αργανθουέλα”
  • Italian: “Arganzuela”
  • Japanese: “アルガンスエラ”
  • Korean: “아르간수엘라”
  • Malagasy: “Arganzuela”
  • Polish: “Arganzuela”
  • Portuguese: “Arganzuela”
  • Portuguese: “Distrito 2”
  • Portuguese: “Distrito de Arganzuela”
  • Quechua: “Arganzuela distritu”
  • Russian: “Аргансуэла”
  • Scots: “Arganzuela”
  • Slovenian: “Arganzuela”
  • Spanish: “Arganzuela”
  • Spanish: “Distrito 2”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de Arganzuela”
  • Swedish: “Arganzuela”
  • Turkish: “Arganzuela”

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