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The '''calle de Serrano''', or simply '''Serrano''', is a street in [[Madrid]], Spain. It is noted as location for luxury flagship stores.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cincodias.elpais.com/cincodias/2019/05/07/fortunas/1557256486_326826.html|website=[[Cinco Días]]|title=Por qué Serrano es la calle más deseada por las firmas de lujo|first=Paz|last=Álvarez|date=8 May 2019}}</ref>
The '''calle de Serrano''', or simply '''Serrano''', is a street in [[Madrid]], Spain. It is noted as location for luxury flagship stores.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cincodias.elpais.com/cincodias/2019/05/07/fortunas/1557256486_326826.html|website=[[Cinco Días]]|title=Por qué Serrano es la calle más deseada por las firmas de lujo|first=Paz|last=Álvarez|date=8 May 2019}}</ref>


The sanitization took off in 1194, with the construction of the first tree beneath the street.<ref name=domingo /> Initially known as Bulevar Narváez (Narváez Boulevard),<ref name=amado>{{Cite web|website=[[La Vanguardia]]|url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/local/madrid/20140511/54407801666/la-paradoja-del-marques-de-salamanca-padre-del-barrio-de-barrios.html|date=11 May 2014|title=La paradoja del marqués de Salamanca, padre del barrio de barrios|first=Evaristo|last=Amado}}</ref> the street received its current name following the [[Glorious Revolution (Spain)|1868 Glorious Revolution]], during which the namesake, the [[Francisco Serrano, 1st Duke of la Torre|General Serrano]] (who had lived in the street), took a leading role.<ref name=domingo>{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.es/madrid/20150212/abci-historia-calle-serrano-madrid-201502101226.html|website=[[ABC (Spain)|ABC]]|title=Serrano, el amante de Isabel II que dio nombre a la calle más comercial de Madrid|first=M.R.|last=Domingo}}</ref><ref name=amado /> In the 2010s the street became one the favourite grounds for real estate operations of Venezuelan fortunes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elmundo.es/economia/vivienda/2018/06/08/5b1965deca4741c7018b459c.html|website=[[El Mundo (Spain)|El Mundo]]|title=El comprador latinoamericano, a la caza de la vivienda de lujo clásica|date=8 June 2018|first=María José|last=Gómez-Serranillos}}</ref>
The took off in , with the construction of the first the street.<ref name=domingo /> Initially known as Bulevar Narváez (Narváez Boulevard),<ref name=amado>{{Cite web|website=[[La Vanguardia]]|url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/local/madrid/20140511/54407801666/la-paradoja-del-marques-de-salamanca-padre-del-barrio-de-barrios.html|date=11 May 2014|title=La paradoja del marqués de Salamanca, padre del barrio de barrios|first=Evaristo|last=Amado}}</ref> the street received its current name following the [[Glorious Revolution (Spain)|1868 Glorious Revolution]], during which the namesake, the [[Francisco Serrano, 1st Duke of la Torre|General Serrano]] (who had lived in the street), took a leading role.<ref name=domingo>{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.es/madrid/20150212/abci-historia-calle-serrano-madrid-201502101226.html|website=[[ABC (Spain)|ABC]]|title=Serrano, el amante de Isabel II que dio nombre a la calle más comercial de Madrid|first=M.R.|last=Domingo}}</ref><ref name=amado /> In the 2010s the street became one the favourite grounds for real estate operations of Venezuelan fortunes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elmundo.es/economia/vivienda/2018/06/08/5b1965deca4741c7018b459c.html|website=[[El Mundo (Spain)|El Mundo]]|title=El comprador latinoamericano, a la caza de la vivienda de lujo clásica|date=8 June 2018|first=María José|last=Gómez-Serranillos}}</ref>


The street starts at the [[Puerta de Alcalá]].{{Sfn|Moya Blanco|1961|p=23}} Going north across the well-off [[Salamanca (Madrid)|Salamanca District]], historically linked to the upper class and to the presence of luxury stores,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elmundo.es/blogs/elmundo/entorno-habitable/2016/02/09/las-grandes-fortunas-venezolanas-toman.html|publisher=[[El Mundo (Spain)|El Mundo]]|title=Las grandes fortunas venezolanas toman el Barrio de Salamanca|date=9 February 2016|first=Ignacio|last=Ortiz}}</ref> Serrano ends at the Plaza de la República del Ecuador,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.madrid.es/UnidadesDescentralizadas/UDCUrbanismo/Cartografia/Callejero/ficheros/CALLEJERO%202015.pdf|year=2015|page=450|title=Callejero Oficial del Ayuntamiento de Madrid}}</ref> in the junction with the calle del Príncipe de Vergara, in the [[Chamartín (Madrid)|Chamartín District]].
The street starts at the [[Puerta de Alcalá]].{{Sfn|Moya Blanco|1961|p=23}} Going north across the well-off [[Salamanca (Madrid)|Salamanca District]], historically linked to the upper class and to the presence of luxury stores,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elmundo.es/blogs/elmundo/entorno-habitable/2016/02/09/las-grandes-fortunas-venezolanas-toman.html|publisher=[[El Mundo (Spain)|El Mundo]]|title=Las grandes fortunas venezolanas toman el Barrio de Salamanca|date=9 February 2016|first=Ignacio|last=Ortiz}}</ref> Serrano ends at the Plaza de la República del Ecuador,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.madrid.es/UnidadesDescentralizadas/UDCUrbanismo/Cartografia/Callejero/ficheros/CALLEJERO%202015.pdf|year=2015|page=450|title=Callejero Oficial del Ayuntamiento de Madrid}}</ref> in the junction with the calle del Príncipe de Vergara, in the [[Chamartín (Madrid)|Chamartín District]].

Latest revision as of 18:51, 20 February 2024

Calle de Serrano
NamesakeFrancisco Serrano
Typestreet
LocationMadrid, Spain
South endPuerta de Alcalá
North endPlaza de la República del Ecuador

The calle de Serrano, or simply Serrano, is a street in Madrid, Spain. It is noted as location for luxury flagship stores.[1]

The urbanisation took off in 1863, with the construction of the first housing in the street.[2] Initially known as Bulevar Narváez (Narváez Boulevard),[3] the street received its current name following the 1868 Glorious Revolution, during which the namesake, the General Serrano (who had lived in the street), took a leading role.[2][3] In the 2010s the street became one the favourite grounds for real estate operations of Venezuelan fortunes.[4]

The street starts at the Puerta de Alcalá.[5] Going north across the well-off Salamanca District, historically linked to the upper class and to the presence of luxury stores,[6] Serrano ends at the Plaza de la República del Ecuador,[7] in the junction with the calle del Príncipe de Vergara, in the Chamartín District.

References

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Citations
  1. ^ Álvarez, Paz (8 May 2019). "Por qué Serrano es la calle más deseada por las firmas de lujo". Cinco Días.
  2. ^ a b Domingo, M.R. "Serrano, el amante de Isabel II que dio nombre a la calle más comercial de Madrid". ABC.
  3. ^ a b Amado, Evaristo (11 May 2014). "La paradoja del marqués de Salamanca, padre del barrio de barrios". La Vanguardia.
  4. ^ Gómez-Serranillos, María José (8 June 2018). "El comprador latinoamericano, a la caza de la vivienda de lujo clásica". El Mundo.
  5. ^ Moya Blanco 1961, p. 23.
  6. ^ Ortiz, Ignacio (9 February 2016). "Las grandes fortunas venezolanas toman el Barrio de Salamanca". El Mundo.
  7. ^ "Callejero Oficial del Ayuntamiento de Madrid" (PDF). 2015. p. 450.
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