Ciudad Lineal Explained

Ciudad Lineal
Mapsize:200
Leader Name:Nadia Álvarez Padilla (PP, 2023)
Population:228,171
Area Total Km2:11.43
Population Density Km2:19970
Postal Code:28017, 28027, 28032, 28033, 28043

Ciudad Lineal (pronounced as /es/, "Linear City") is one of 21 districts of Madrid, Spain.

Geography

Wards

The district is administratively divided into nine wards:

History

Its name, Linear City, comes from the model of organization of the same name devised by the Spanish architect Arturo Soria y Mata. The ‘Ciudad Lineal’ takes a form of a city 400 meters wide, centered on a tramway (line 70 - closed in 1972) and a thoroughfare running in parallel. The main street in the district, calle de Arturo Soria, bears his name. The city is the current headquarters for the flag carrier airline of Spain, Iberia.[1] Mariano Belmás Estrada was one of the main architects in the early days.[2]

External links

40.45°N -42°W

Notes and References

  1. Book: Caves, R. W.. Encyclopedia of the City. Routledge. 2004. 9780415252256. 3431.
  2. Web site: Mariano Belmás Estrada. 2019-08-22. dmy-all. es. Óscar da Rocha Aranda. Real Academia de la Historia. 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20190822140431/http://dbe.rah.es/biografias/43440/mariano-belmas-estrada. 22 August 2019. dead.