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    in Spanish was Cristóbal Colón. The plaza, originally called Plaza de Santiago (St. James Square), was renamed Plaza de Colón in 1893 to honor Christopher...
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    Columbus Towers or Torres de Colón is a highrise office building composed of twin towers located at the Plaza de Colón in Madrid, Spain. The building constructed...
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    Paseo de Recoletos and the Paseo del Prado, and these three avenues vertebrate the north-south axis of the city. The street starts at Plaza de Colón, ending...
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    Columbus (Spanish: Monumento a Colón) is a monument in Madrid, Spain. It lies on the namesake square, the Plaza de Colón. The basement of the monument...
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    runs from the Plaza de Alonso Martínez to the Plaza de Colón. The street was called the Ronda de Santa Bárbara until 1859 and the Ronda de Recoletos until...
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  • public squares, plazas, in Spain and other areas with Spanish heritage. Europe: Plaza Mayor, Madrid Puerta del Sol, Madrid Plaza de Colón, Madrid Plaça...
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  • (Honduras) Mexico Colón, Querétaro Panama Colón, Panama Colón Province Puerto Rico Plaza Colón, in Mayagüez Spain Plaza de Colón (Madrid) Colón (Metrovalencia)...
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    The Palacio del Duque de Uceda also known as Palacio de los Duques de Medinaceli was a palace located in Plaza de Colón in Madrid. This palace had two...
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    location chosen for the monument was the Plaza de los Menores, that from then on, it became known as "plaza de Colón". Building works started in 1892. The...
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    (Spanish: Monumento a Colón) is an instance of public art in Valladolid, Spain. Located on the centre of the namesake Plaza de Colón [es], in the southeastern...
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    Paseo de Recoletos is a wide boulevard in central Madrid leading from Plaza de Cibeles to Plaza de Colón. From west to east it consists of: Two southward...
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    Russia. The match was watched by tens of thousands of Spaniards in the Plaza de Colón in Madrid. Tristana Moore, reporting for BBC News in Berlin, reported...
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  • live performances at several Spanish festivals, a sold-out concert at Plaza de Colón, the 2018 MTV Europe Music Awards and the Latin Grammy Awards. To promote...
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    Platea Madrid is a gourmet food hall on the Plaza de Colón in Madrid. It is located in a former cinema and employs ca. 380 people. Mexican, Peruvian, Italian...
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    Plaza Colón is the main plaza in the city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. This plaza and its fountain commemorate the explorer Christopher Columbus, whose name...
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    Jardines del Descubrimiento (category Plazas in Madrid)
    Discovery) is a park in the Spanish city of Madrid , located next to the Plaza de Colón. Dedicated to the discovery of America, it has a monument in their eastern...
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    directors, the Teatro Colón has the room with the best acoustics for opera and the second best for concerts in the world. The present Colón replaced an original...
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    The Madrid Wax Museum (Spanish: Museo de cera de Madrid) is a wax museum located in Plaza de Colón in Madrid, Spain. The museum opened on 14 February 1972...
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    Plaza Colón (Spanish for Columbus square or plaza), formerly called Santiago Square, is a plaza or public town square located in Old San Juan where the...
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    carriages going all over the 2 kilometers between Atocha (Plaza del Emperador Carlos V) and Plaza de Colón. The WorldPride closing ceremony took place on July...
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    (Casa de la Moneda) and the Stamp Factory (Fábrica del Sello), which so far had been two different establishments sharing a building in Plaza de Colón, merged...
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    demolished. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Plaza de Santa Ana, Madrid. Plaza Mayor, Madrid Plaza de Colón (Madrid) Thomas, Hugh (2006). Beaumarchais in...
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    Cristóbal Colón (Christopher Columbus) (1892) Colón Cristóbal Colón (Christopher Columbus) (1953) Córdoba Medallón con retrato en relieve de Colón (Relief...
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    rivers. There are mostly narrow streets, various squares (including the Plaza de Colón, with a bronze statue of Columbus given to the city by Queen Isabella...
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    archaeology museum in Madrid, Spain. It is located on Calle de Serrano beside the Plaza de Colón, sharing its building with the National Library of Spain...
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    protest organised by a group linked to the Vox party took place in the Plaza de Colón in Madrid. According to government of Madrid sources, 100,000 people...
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    Puerto Rican poet and dramatist. The theater faces east, across from Plaza de Colón, on Fortaleza Street, and was constructed in 1824. It was designed in...
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    the city, the sculpture was installed on the Calle de Génova, near the entrance to the Plaza de Colón. By April 1995, two more of Botero's Madrid exhibits...
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    regiment's initial location was at the Cuartel del Rey en Ceuta on the Plaza de Colón. At its height, during the Spanish Civil War, the legion consisted of...
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    The Colón Theatre (Spanish: Teatro Colón) is a historical building and former theatre located next to the San Martín Plaza, part of the historic centre...
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