Menéndez Pelayo

Menéndez Pelayo is a station on Line 1 of the Madrid Metro. It is located in Zone A. It was opened on 8 May 1923. It is named for the Avenida de Menéndez Pelayo, which is named in turn for the scholar Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo.
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  • Type: Metro station
  • Description: Madrid Metro station
  • Address: Avenida de Menéndez Pelayo 44, Madrid, 28007
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Royal Tapestry Factory and Royal Basilica of Our Lady of Atocha.

Museum
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The is a factory making tapestries in , , which was founded in 1720 and is still in operation. is situated 200 metres northwest of Menéndez Pelayo.

Church
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The or Real Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Atocha is a large church in central on Avenida de la Ciudad de Barcelona, 1. It is run by the Dominican order. is situated 250 metres northwest of Menéndez Pelayo.

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. is situated 1¼ km west of Menéndez Pelayo.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pacífico and Atocha.

Quarter
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is an administrative neighborhood of belonging to the district of .

Quarter
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is an administrative neighborhood of belonging to the district of .

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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.

Menéndez Pelayo

Latitude
40.4043° or 40° 24′ 16″ north
Longitude
-3.6811° or 3° 40′ 52″ west
Operator
Metro de Madrid
Network
Madrid Metro
Open location code
8CGRC839+PH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5462590351
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q2479001
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Spanish—“Menéndez Pelayo” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مينينديز بيلايو”
  • Basque: “Menéndez Pelayo geltokia”
  • Basque: “Menéndez Pelayo”
  • Catalan: “Menéndez Pelayo”
  • Dutch: “Menéndez Pelayo”
  • Esperanto: “Menéndez Pelayo”
  • French: “Menéndez Pelayo”
  • Galician: “Menéndez Pelayo”
  • German: “Menéndez Pelayo”
  • Hungarian: “Menéndez Pelayo metróállomás”
  • Hungarian: “Menéndez Pelayo”
  • Indonesian: “Menéndez Pelayo”
  • Irish: “Menéndez Pelayo”
  • Italian: “Menéndez Pelayo”
  • Japanese: “メネンデス・ペラヨ駅”
  • Korean: “메넨데스 펠라요역”
  • Lombard: “Menéndez Pelayo”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Menéndez Pelayo”
  • Polish: “Menéndez Pelayo”
  • Portuguese: “Estação Menéndez Pelayo”
  • Portuguese: “Menéndez Pelayo”
  • Russian: “Менендес-Пелайо”
  • Spanish: “Estación de Menéndez Pelayo”
  • Spanish: “Menéndez Pelayo”
  • “Menéndez Pelayo”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Healthy Fitness and Comunidad Cristiana Maranatha.

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