Banco de España  | |||||||||||
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| Madrid Metro station | |||||||||||
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| Location | Centro, Madrid Spain | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°25′09″N 3°41′42″W / 40.4190564°N 3.6949689°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | CRTM | ||||||||||
| Operated by | CRTM | ||||||||||
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| Accessible | No | ||||||||||
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| Fare zone | A | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 15 June 1924 | ||||||||||
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  Banco de España Location within Madrid | |||||||||||
Banco de España [ˈbaŋko ðe esˈpaɲa] is a station on Line 2 of the Madrid Metro located in the Center of Madrid in the Calle de Alcalá, next to the Plaza de Cibeles, perpendicular to the Paseo del Prado.[1][2][3][4]
History
Banco de España station opened on 14 June 1924 with the first stretch of Line 2 between Sol and Ventas. The station is named after the Bank of Spain building located nearby. Another prominent monuments situated near this station are: Cibeles Fountain, Palacio de Linares, Círculo de Bellas Artes, The Communications Palace (currently the Madrid City Hall), the church of San José, the Palacio de Buenavista, the building of the Interior Ministry of Spain and the Fine Arts Theatre.
References
- ↑ "Metro station Banco de España - Metro de". gps-data-team.com. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
- ↑ "Madrid metro - Banco de España". flickr.com. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
- ↑ Corrigan, Damian. "Metro Banco de España". gospain.about.com. Archived from the original on 29 September 2015. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
- ↑ "Línea 2". Metro de Madrid. Archived from the original on 2 June 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
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