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Calle de Toledo

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Calle de Toledo
Typestreet
LocationMadrid, Spain
North endPlaza Mayor
South endGlorieta de las Pirámides

The Calle de Toledo is a historic street in central Madrid, Spain, running across the Centro and Arganzuela districts.

History and description

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Straddling along the Centro and Arganzuela districts, it starts at the Plaza Mayor and ends at the Glorieta de las Pirámides.[1] It was already named Toledo in the 16th century.[2] Until the late 15th century it ended at the Hospital of La Latina.[2] In the early 17th century the part near the Plaza Mayor was widened.[2] Following the 1790 fire in the Plaza Mayor, the buildings of the Portal de Cofreros were rebuilt with new materials following the anti-fire regulations dictated by Juan de Villanueva.[3] The street consolidated as one of the specialised commercial streets in the city centre by the early 20th century.[4] The image of the northernmost end near the Plaza Mayor became a part of the Antifascist collective memory with the photograph of the ¡No pasarán! banner[n. 1] hanged in the street during the Spanish Civil War.[5]

The landmarks located in the street include La Fuentecilla [es][6] (at the junction with the calle de Arganzuela) and the Instituto San Isidro.[7]

On 20 January 2021, four people were killed in a building explosion.[8]

References

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Informational notes
  1. ^ ¡No pasarán! El fascismo quiere conquistar Madrid / Madrid será la tumba del fascismo. "They shall not pass! Fascism wants to conquer Madrid. Madrid shall be the tomb of Fascism".
Citations
  1. ^ "Callejero Oficial del Ayuntamiento de Madrid" (PDF). Ayuntamiento de Madrid. 15 May 2017. p. 58.
  2. ^ a b c Peñasco de la Puente & Cambronero 1889, p. 529.
  3. ^ Muro & Rivas 1994, p. 100.
  4. ^ Miguel Salanova & Rodríguez Martín, p. 2.
  5. ^ Gil 2017; Mayayo 2018
  6. ^ Alpuente 1994.
  7. ^ Fraguas 2005.
  8. ^ Wood, Vincent (2021-01-20). "Four dead after huge blast rips through building in Madrid". The Independent. Retrieved 2022-01-24.
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