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| Type | street |
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| Location | Madrid, Spain |
| East end | Puerta del Sol |
| West end | Cuesta de la Vega |
The Calle Mayor is a centric street in Madrid, Spain. Located in the Centro District, the Calle Mayor starts in the Puerta del Sol and ends at the cuesta de la Vega. [1]
Created in the Middle Ages it originally connected the alcázar with the Puerta de Guadalajara (a disappeared wall gate). [2] The Calle Mayor, that borders the Plaza Mayor to the North, became the main thoroughfare of the city in the Early Modern Period. [3] The Calle Mayor was the place where the guilds of silversmiths and jewelers concentrated. [4] In the 18th century, the street was divided in three sections with different names: Almudena (from the alcázar surroundings to the Plazuela de la Villa; Platería (from the plazuela de la Villa to the Puerta de Guadalajara), and Mayor (from the Puerta de Guadalajara to the Puerta del Sol). [5] [6]
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