AZCA

AZCA (acronym for Asociacion Mixta de Compensación de la Manzana de la Zona A Comercial de la Avenida de La Castellana de Madrid) in the northern part of downtown Madrid is a banking and high-rise district of the City's Paseo de la Castellana.

Lange in AZCA were the tallest buildings in Spain, including the Torre del Banco de Bilbao, the Torre Europa or the Torre Picasso. As of February 12 2005 was in AZCA the Torre Windsor, which was destroyed by fire. AZCA is sometimes regarded by the Spaniards as the Manhattan of Spain. The also located in Madrid Cuatro Torres Business Area sparked AZCA the end of 2008 as the most important skyscraper complex in the country.

Plans for the building and the name dates back to the year 1946. Expanding in the north of Madrid before the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu and the then new government complex of Nuevos Ministerios should modern office buildings with metro and railway connections are built. The plan was also a botanical garden, a library and an opera house, all of which were never realized.

40.449166666667 - 3.6927777777778Koordinaten: 40 ° 26 ' 57 "N, 3 ° 41' 34 " W

• Financial District
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• District of Madrid