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unusual facts about Atocha



Alcobendas

Both form part of the C-4a Cercanías line and can get to Sol and Atocha in half an hour.

Cheli

Cheli, according to the Royal Spanish Academy, is the jargon with elements of certain traditional working class districts of Madrid, Spain, such as Lavapiés and Atocha in the southern part of the old city (close to cockney culture of London's East End), together with marginal and counter-cultural elements.

Francisco Ramírez de Madrid

All the land between the Paseo del Prado and Paseo de las Delicias, and the two banks of the stream of Atocha were his.

July 1979 Madrid bombings

The attacks, consisting of coordinated bombings in Barajas Airport and the train stations of Atocha and Chamartín, killed 7 people and injured a further 100.

Kenneth Bressett

In 1986, he dove with Mel Fisher in Florida for treasure of the sunken Nuestra Señora de Atocha.

Madrid Chamartín railway station

After Atocha itself was rebuilt in 1992, Chamartin lost much of its importance, even though since 2004 it has undergone changes to accommodate the new high-speed line to Valladolid.

Plaza del Emperador Carlos V

It is named after Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, who also reigned in Spain as Charles I. However, it is commonly referred to as Plaza de Atocha, because it is where Madrid Atocha railway station is located.

Recoletos Station

It was opened on February 8, 1991 and it is located between Atocha and Nuevos Ministerios stations.

Santo Niño de Atocha

The town of Atocha, a now-lost district nearby Arganzuela, Madrid was lost to the Muslims, and many Christians there were taken prisoners as spoils of war.

In Wizards of Waverly Place, they have a candle in their wizard lair with the Santo Niño de Atocha's image.

In the film Napoleon Dynamite, Pedro suggests placing santos around the hallways of his high school, recommending El Santo Niño de Atocha.


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