Plaza de Menéndez Pelayo
Plaza de Menéndez Pelayo is a park in Moncloa - Aravaca, Madrid, Community of Madrid. Plaza de Menéndez Pelayo is situated nearby to the university building Faculty of Philosophy and Letters of the Complutense University, as well as near the park Jardín del Profesor Joaquín Garrigues.Photo: Chfitzpatrick, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include University City of Madrid and Faculty of Philosophy and Letters of the Complutense University.
University City of Madrid
University
Photo: Fernando García, CC BY 2.0.
The University City of Madrid, also called the Campus de Moncloa, is a complex in the Moncloa-Aravaca district of Madrid, Spain, that holds buildings of two universities and several related organizations. University City of Madrid is situated 420 metres southeast of Plaza de Menéndez Pelayo.
Faculty of Philosophy and Letters of the Complutense University
University building
Photo: Zaqarbal, CC BY-SA 3.0 es.
The Faculty of Philosophy and Letters is a building in Madrid, Spain, part of the Complutense University of Madrid's Moncloa Campus. An example of rationalist architecture, it was projected in 1931–32 by Agustín Aguirre López as the southern end of a closed compound intending to gather the academic disciplines of humanities of the Central University. Faculty of Philosophy and Letters of the Complutense University is situated 100 metres south of Plaza de Menéndez Pelayo.
Ciudad Universitaria
Metro station
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Ciudad Universitaria is a station on Line 6 of the Madrid Metro, located beneath Complutense avenue in the Ciudad Universitaria ward in the Moncloa-Aravaca district in fare Zone A. Ciudad Universitaria is situated 750 metres southeast of Plaza de Menéndez Pelayo.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Moncloa and Vallehermoso.
Moncloa
Photo: Malopez 21, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Moncloa-Aravaca is a district in western Madrid. It includes several university campuses, the Argüelles neighbourhood and the huge Casa de Campo park.
Vallehermoso
Quarter
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Vallehermoso is an administrative neighborhood of Madrid belonging to the district of Chamberí. It has an area of 1.068709 km2. As of 1 February 2020, it has a population of 20,480.
Bellas Vistas
Quarter
Photo: Ramon Espiña Fernand…, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bellas Vistas is an administrative neighborhood of Madrid, part of the district of Tetuán. It has an area of 0.716261 km2. As of 1 February 2020, it has a population of 29,993.
Plaza de Menéndez Pelayo
- Type: Park
- Categories: square and recreation area
- Location: Moncloa - Aravaca, Madrid, Madrid, Community of Madrid, Central Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.44966° or 40° 26′ 59″ northLongitude
-3.73076° or 3° 43′ 51″ westOpen location code
8CGRC7X9+VMOpenStreetMap ID
way 15431527OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkWikidata ID
Q18606976
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Spanish—“Plaza de Menéndez Pelayo” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Plaza de Menéndez Pelayo”
- French: “place Menéndez-Pelayo”
- French: “Place Menéndez-Pelayo”
- Spanish: “Plaza de Menendez Pelayo”
- Spanish: “Plaza de Menéndez Pelayo”
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