Avenida de Asturias
The Avenida de Asturias ("Avenue of Asturias") is a street in northwest Madrid, located in the district of Tetuán. A relatively recent urban development, opened in 2000, it hosts a multitudinous Sunday flea market since 2005.
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| Width | 58 m (190 ft) |
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| Location | Madrid, Spain |
| East end | Plaza de Castilla |
| West end | Calle de Sinesio Delgado |
History and description
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It straddles along a E–W thalweg separating La Ventilla and Valdeacederas; with a difference in level between the maximum level at plaza de Castilla and the minimum level at the Paseo de la Dirección of about 32 metres.[1] The avenue, that starts in the plaza de Castilla and ends at its junction with the calle de Sinesio Delgado,[2] also links with the Paseo de la Dirección and the calle de Ginzo de Limia as major junctions.[3]
Its construction was part of the wider project for the reform of La Ventilla area, constituting the key axis of the latter.[4] The plot over which the street was built (along the very path of the former "calle de los Curtidos"),[5] was an area featuring high levels of urban decay.[6]
The reform of the area was passed through the modification of the 1985 Plan General de Ordenación Urbana (PGOU).[7] Several buildings works were carried out by the Instituto de la Vivienda de Madrid (IVIMA),[8] and the new street, with a total width of 58 metres,[9] was inaugurated in 2000.[10] The new housing has been however described as rather "impersonal".[11]
The Sunday flea market (mercadillo) installed in the street in 2005 is one of the biggest flea markets in the city.[12][13]
References
- Citations
- Díaz-Mauriño 1996, pp. 25–26.
- "Callejero oficial del Ayuntamiento de Madrid. 2015" (PDF). 58. Ayuntamiento de Madrid.
- Palacios García 2007, pp. 198, 209.
- Palacios García 2007, pp. 208–209.
- Aguirre 2001; Palacios García 2007, p. 198
- Palacios García 2007, pp. 191–192.
- Palacios García 2007, p. 196.
- "Madrid. Plan de Barrio. Almenara" (PDF). 4. Ayuntamiento de Madrid.
- Palacios García 2007, p. 198.
- Delgado 2007.
- Sánchez Ramos, Bárbara (2014-12-04). "Las dos aceras de Tetuán". El País (in Spanish). ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
- días, Tetuán 30 (2006-03-01). "El Rastrillo y la avenida de Asturias: un binomio perfecto". tetuan30dias.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-02-19.
- "Mercadillos, outlets y 'pop up stores' I - Sibaritisimo". www.republica.com. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
- Bibliography
- Aguirre, Begoña (2 June 2001). "La remodelación del barrio de La Ventilla finalizará en 2002, con 13 años de retraso". El País.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - Delgado, Elena (29 January 2007). "Del barrio trémulo a la nueva Ventilla". Madridiario.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - Díaz-Mauriño, Francisco (1996). "La avenida de Asturias como eje de renovación urbana" (PDF). Revista de Urbanismo COAM. Madrid: Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de Madrid (29): 23–31. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 June 2017.
- Palacios García, Antonio J. (2007). "El proceso de renovación-sustitución en La Ventilla (Madrid). La aplicación tardía del programa de barrios en remodelación" (PDF). Nimbus. La Cañada de San Urbano: Universidad de Almería (19–20): 191–213. ISSN 1139-7136. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 June 2017.