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Cruz del Rayo [ˈkɾuθ ðel ˈraʝo] is a station on Line 9 of the Madrid Metro, named for the Colonia Cruz del Rayo, a planned suburb. [1] It is located in fare Zone A. [ 2 ] References
The Madrid Metro (Spanish: Metro de Madrid) is a rapid transit system serving the city of Madrid, capital of Spain. The system is the 14th longest rapid transit system in the world, with a total length of 293 km (182 mi). Its growth between 1995 and 2007 put it among the fastest-growing networks in the world at the time.
The Palacio de Santa Cruz or Palace of the Holy Cross is a baroque building in central Madrid, Spain. It now houses the Spanish Foreign Ministry. It was used as a jail until the reign of Philip IV of Spain, when it was converted into a palace. Construction was commissioned in 1629 by Philip IV to house both courts and jail facilities.
The Atalaya de la Corte was one of the tallest towers in the Madrid of the Habsburgs with 144 feet (about 40 meters). The Atalaya de la Corte was located on the site now occupied by the Plaza de Santa Cruz. It belonged to the church of that name, built in the 13th century, and transformed during the 17th century after catching fire in 1620.
"La Puerta de Alcalá y la Plaza de la Independencia de Madrid". Boletín de la Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando (38). Madrid: Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando: 67– 75. ISSN 0567-560X – via Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes. Goitia Cruz, Aitor (2006). "Diseños de Sabatini para las puertas de Madrid" (PDF).
The Portrait of the Marchioness of Santa Cruz or Portrait of the Marquise of Santa Cruz is an 1805 portrait by the Spanish artist Francisco Goya, a family friend of the subject. It has in the Museo del Prado , in Madrid , since 1986, when it was bought from its previous owner for over US$ 6 million.
It was finally demolished in 1859, and today, its existence is commemorated by a small plaque located at the intersection of Espoz y Mina and Calle de la Cruz in central Madrid. Several major works premiered on its stage, including El barón (1803), La mojigata (1804), and El sí de las niñas (1806) by Leandro Fernandez de Moratin , and Don ...
It was founded on 7 March 1885 by Pope Leo XIII as the Diocese of Madrid y Alcalá de Henares / Matriten(sis) et Compluten(sis) (Latin adjective), on canonical territory split off from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Toledo. [1] It was made the Archdiocese of Madrid on 25 March 1964 by Pope Paul VI.