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    Madrid Atocha (Spanish: Estación de Madrid Atocha), also named Madrid Puerta de Atocha–Almudena Grandes, is the oldest major railway station in Madrid...
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    Atocha [aˈtotʃa] is an administrative neighborhood (barrio) of Madrid belonging to the district of Arganzuela. The Atocha meadow appears as Prato de Thoia...
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  • Atocha may refer to: Atocha (Madrid), a central ward (barrio) of Madrid, Spain, in the Arganzuela District Atocha (Salta), a municipality in Salta Province...
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    then superseded Atocha station, which is located just south of the city centre. However, as the AVE network expanded with a hub at Atocha, Chamartin again...
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    bound for Spain. The Nuestra Señora de Atocha was named for the Basilica of Nuestra Señora de Atocha in Madrid, Spain. It was a heavily armed Spanish...
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    Andalusian cities from the Atocha station. Another station, Delicias, served the line to Lisbon. Other smaller companies operated from Madrid, mostly in narrow...
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  • The 1977 Atocha massacre was an attack by right-wing extremists in the center of Madrid on 24 January 1977, which saw the assassination of five labor activists...
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    line and in the same direction between Alcalá de Henares and the Atocha station in Madrid. It was later reported that thirteen improvised explosive devices...
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    Holy Infant of Atocha, Santo Niño de Atocha, Holy Child of Atocha, Saint Child of Atocha, or Wise Child of Atocha is a Roman Catholic image of the Christ...
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    finished, this single Cercanías Line (C-1) links Madrid Barajas Terminal 4, with Chamartín Station and Atocha AVE high-speed train stations. In June 2011 a...
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    Antón Martín, and Atocha. The king and queen, Don Alfonso XIII and Doña Victoria, attended the inauguration. In 1924, traffic in Madrid switched from driving...
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    Madrid (/məˈdrɪd/ mə-DRID; Spanish: [maˈðɾið] ) is the capital and most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan...
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  • Leaving the Atocha Station (2011) is the debut novel by American poet and critic Ben Lerner. It won the 2011 Believer Book Award. The first-person narrator...
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    Royal Basilica of Our Lady of Atocha or Real Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Atocha is a large church in central Madrid on Avenida de la Ciudad de Barcelona...
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    (Renfe), operates the vast majority of Spain's railways. In Madrid, the main rail terminals are Atocha in the south and Chamartín in the north. The crown jewel...
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    The Calle de Atocha is a street in Madrid, Spain. It constitutes a major axis within the Centro District. It roughly defines an axis cutting through the...
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    Barcelona Sants railway station (category Madrid–Barcelona high-speed rail line)
    Información de estaciones - Barcelona Sants". ADIF. Retrieved 3 September 2019. "Atocha Cercanías lidera las estaciones de tren en España con más de 270.000 viajeros...
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    surface-level tracks were built to connect the Estación del Norte with Atocha station. The Madrid-Irun line was built by French engineers, and a nearby railway...
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  • 11, 2004. Atocha was also the site of the 1977 Massacre of Atocha. Located in the Cuatro Caminos ward, AZCA is the financial center of Madrid. The area...
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    The Atocha station memorial is a memorial monument located at Atocha station in Madrid, Spain, that commemorates the 193 victims of the 11 March 2004 Madrid...
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    which loops back south and north, the course heads east, uphill towards Madrid Atocha railway station. It runs along the perimeter of Buen Retiro Park and...
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    Region). Madrid Atocha (Spanish: Estación de Madrid Atocha, also named Madrid Puerta de Atocha) is the largest railway station in Madrid. Atocha also hosts...
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    The Puerta de Atocha was a gate in the city walls of Madrid (known as the Walls of Philip IV). It owed its name to be located in the vicinity of the old...
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    neighboring Madrid Atocha station, which is located on the same Metro line and also serves commuter and long-distance trains. "Línea 1". Metro de Madrid. Retrieved...
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    Madrid: Ginesta vol. 1, vol.2, vol.3, vol.4 vol.5 Las Casas, Bartolomé (1875). Sancho Rayón, José León (ed.). Historia de Las Indias. Vol. 1. Madrid:...
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    in Madrid, Madrid Atocha and Madrid Chamartín. Electrification works for the line along with line duplication works in the section between Atocha and...
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    The Ronda de Atocha is a thoroughfare in Madrid, Spain. It is part of the rim of streets rounding up the city historical centre, following the layout of...
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    Firstly, in 1988 Atocha Renfe was added between the stations of Atocha and Menéndez Pelayo to serve the new long-distance rail station of Atocha. On 1 April...
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    hug") or the Monument to the Atocha lawyers (Spanish: Monumento a los abogados de Atocha) is an instance of public art in Madrid, Spain. A three-dimensional...
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    The architecture of Madrid has preserved the look and feel of many of its historic neighbourhoods and streets, even though Madrid possesses a modern infrastructure...
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