Carabanchel Prison was a prison located in the Carabanchel neighbourhood of Madrid, Spain. It was opened in Francoist Spain in 1944 to house political prisoners after the Spanish Civil War. Carabanchel Prison is situated 660 metres northwest of Puerta Colonia de la Prensa.

Palacio Vistalegre

Stadium

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The Palacio Vistalegre is a multipurpose arena located in Madrid, Spain. It was built on the site of the former bullring, "Plaza de toros de Vista Alegre", inaugurated in 1908 and demolished in 1995. Palacio Vistalegre is situated 1¼ km northeast of Puerta Colonia de la Prensa.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Colonia de la Prensa and Carabanchel.

Colonia de la Prensa

Neighborhood

Photo: Madrid desconocido, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Colonia de la Prensa is a neighborhood.

Carabanchel

Suburb

Photo: Tim Adams, CC BY 3.0.

Carabanchel is a district of Madrid, Spain. It lies on the southern bank of the Manzanares, spanning southward down to the M-40 ring road. The district is made up of the neighbourhoods of Abrantes, Comillas, Opañel, Puerta Bonita, San Isidro and Vista Alegre.

Puerta Bonita

Quarter

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Puerta Bonita is an administrative neighborhood of Madrid belonging to the district of Carabanchel. It has an area of 1.607994 km2. With an area of 0.45 km2, the Quinta of Vistalegre, which is chiefly owned by the regional administration, spreads over much of the neighborhood.

Puerta Colonia de la Prensa

Categories: door and tourism
Location: Carabanchel, Madrid, Madrid, Community of Madrid, Central Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude

40.37826° or 40° 22′ 42″ north

Longitude

-3.74792° or 3° 44′ 53″ west

Open location code

8CGR97H2+8R

OpenStreetMap ID

node 6071803485

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=attraction

OpenStreetMap attribute

wheelchair=yes

Wikidata ID

Q110747944

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In Other Languages

“Puerta Colonia de la Prensa” goes by many names.

Spanish: “Puerta Colonia de la Prensa”

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