Ciudad Lineal

Ciudad Lineal
Ciudad Lineal
	District of Madrid
Country	Spain
Community	Community of Madrid
Municipality	Madrid
Wards	List of wards (9) Ventas (151) ; Pueblo Nuevo (152) ; Quintana (153) ; Concepción (154) ; San Pascual (155) ; San Juan Bautista (156) ; Colina (157) ; Atalaya (158) ; Costillares (159);
Area
• Total	11.43 km2 (4.41 sq mi)
Population	228,171
• Density	19,970/km2 (51,700/sq mi)
Postal code(s)	28017, 28027, 28032, 28033, 28043

Ciudad Lineal (English: Linear city) is a district of Madrid, Spain.

Geography

Wards

The district is administratively divided into nine wards:

Atalaya
Colina
Concepción
Costillares
Pueblo Nuevo
Quintana
San Juan Bautista
San Pascual
Ventas

History

Its name, Linear City, comes from the model of organization by the Spanish architect Arturo Soria y Mata, the linear city, based on the idea of the line. The ‘Ciudad Lineal’ takes a form of a city 400 meters wide, centered on a tramway and a thoroughfare running parallel.^[1] The main street in the district has his name, Arturo Soria street. Mariano Belmás Estrada was one of the main architects in the early days.^[2]

References

^ Caves, R. W. (2004). Encyclopedia of the City. Routledge. p. 3431. ISBN 9780415252256.
^ Óscar da Rocha Aranda (2018). "Mariano Belmás Estrada" (in Spanish). Real Academia de la Historia. Archived from the original on 22 August 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2019.

External links

Media related to Ciudad Lineal District at Wikimedia Commons

[1] Caves, R. W. (2004). Encyclopedia of the City. Routledge. p. 3431. ISBN 9780415252256.

[2] Óscar da Rocha Aranda (2018). "Mariano Belmás Estrada" (in Spanish). Real Academia de la Historia. Archived from the original on 22 August 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2019.

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