Atocha

Atocha is an administrative neighborhood of Madrid belonging to the district of Arganzuela. Etymology The Atocha meadow appears as and in the 13th-century Madrid town charter. It has been linked to ("esparto field"), the hermitage of Our Lady of Atocha (derived from ("Mother of God") or ) or (an earthwork with grasses to contain water, here applied to a local brook). Geography Located in the middle of Madrid, the ward is formed by a strip between the avenue Calle de Méndez Álvaro (south-west), and the north-eastern area of Madrid Atocha railway station, that occupies great part of its territory. The northern border is at the square Plaza del Emperador Carlos V and the southern one in the avenue Calle de Pedro Bosch. Atocha borders the districts of Centro (north), Retiro (north-east), Puente de Vallecas (south) and with the Arganzuelan wards of Palos de Moguer, Las Delicias and Legazpi.