Calle de Toledo

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

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

History and description

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.[3] In the early 17th century the part near the Plaza Mayor was widened.[3] 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.[4] The street consolidated as one of the specialised commercial streets in the city centre by the early 20th century.[5] 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.[6]

The landmarks located in the street include La Fuentecilla[7] (at the junction with the calle de Arganzuela) and the Instituto San Isidro.[8]

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

  • The street circa 1890
  • Female street vendors in the street next to the market of La Cebada (c. 1900)

References
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. Peñasco de la Puente & Cambronero 1889, p. 529.
  3. Peñasco de la Puente Cambronero 1889, p. 529.
  4. Muro & Rivas 1994, p. 100.
  5. Miguel Salanova & Rodríguez Martín 2012, p. 2.
  6. Gil 2017; Mayayo 2018
  7. Alpuente 1994.
  8. Fraguas 2005.
Bibliography
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