- AZCA
Acronym for "Asociación Mixta de Compensación de la Manzana A de la Zona Comercial de la Avenida del Generalísimo" ("Mixed Association for Compensation of the A Block of the Commercial Area of the Avenue of the Generalissimo"; the avenue is currently named
Paseo de la Castellana ), inMadrid (Spain )It is the financial district in downtown Madrid between the streets Raimundo Fernández Villaverde, Orense, General Perón and Paseo de la Castellana. Its original conception (and its name) dates back to the "Plan General de Ordenación Urbana de Madrid", approved in 1946. The purpose of this plan was to create a huge block of modern office buildings with metro and railway connections in the expansion area of northern Madrid, just in front of Real Madrid stadium (currently named the
Santiago Bernabéu Stadium ) and beside the brand new government complex ofNuevos Ministerios . A botanical garden, a library and an opera house were also included in the plans, but these were never built.The construction began in the 1970s after many delays. Nowadays some of the tallest and most beautiful modern Madrid skyscrapers are placed here. The most important are:
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Torre Picasso (157 m)
*Torre Europa (121 m)
*Torre BBVA (107 m)In February 2005,
Windsor Tower (106 m) was destroyed by a fire.During the weekend nights, the underground levels attract a Latino audience to the discos but they also have a reputation for gang violence" [http://www.elmundo.es/papel/2006/02/07/madrid/1926910_impresora.html Que la violencia no vuelva a Azca] ", "El Mundo", 7 February 2006.] .
In 2007, a new sksycraper area is being built farther north along Castellana, beyond the
M-30 beltway .References
External links
* [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Madrid&t=k&hl=en&ll=40.449217,-3.69338&spn=0.00774,0.021458&t=k Satellite AZCA view from Google Earth]
* " [http://www.miliarium.com/Monografias/Rascacielos/ComplejoAZCA.htm Complejo AZCA] ". A description.
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