AZCA

AZCA

AZCA ( acronym for A sociación Mixta de Compensación de la Manzana A de la Z ona C omercial de la A venida de La Castellana de Madrid) in the northern part of downtown Madrid is a banking and high-rise district of the city on the Paseo de la Castellana .

The tallest buildings in Spain stood in AZCA for a long time , including the Torre del Banco de Bilbao , the Torre Europa and the Torre Picasso . The Torre Windsor , which was destroyed by fire, stood in AZCA until February 12, 2005 . AZCA is sometimes viewed by the Spanish as the Manhattan of Spain . The Cuatro Torres Business Area , also located in Madrid, replaced AZCA at the end of 2008 as the country's most important skyscraper complex .

Plans for the construction and the name go back to the year 1946. In the expanding north of Madrid in front of the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu and the then new government complex Nuevos Ministerios , modern commercial buildings with underground and train connections were to be built. A botanical garden, a library and an opera house were also planned, none of which were ever realized.

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Coordinates: 40 ° 26 ′ 57 "  N , 3 ° 41 ′ 34"  W.