Embajadores

The area lies in the southern part of the Centro District, the later located in the centre of the city, as its name indicates.

It is bordered by the streets of Atocha, Concepción Jerónima and Toledo, the Ronda de Toledo, the Ronda de Atocha and the glorieta de Carlos V.{{Sfn|Osorio|2018|p=11}} It comprises the areas of Lavapiés and El Rastro, roughly divided by the calle de Embajadores.{{Sfn|Osorio|2018|p=11}}

It is 1.032822 km² in size.{{Cite web|publisher=Ayuntamiento de Madrid|title=Relación de barrios (superficie y perímetro)|url=https://datos.madrid.es/datosabiertos/BDC/CALLEJERO_VIGENTE/BARRIOS/2018/09/CALLEJERO_VIGENTE_BARRIOS_201809.txt}}

Originally, the soil on which the current neighborhood was built was a sparsely populated area to the south of the medieval city limits of Madrid.{{Sfn|Osorio|2018|p=17}} The area fully urbanised to become an arrabal of the city in the 16th century. The urban grid did not evolve much since then; as until the mid 19th century, when the plaza de Tirso de Molina was created over the plot made available by the demolition of the convent of La Merced, no noticeable change happened in the grid.{{Sfn|García Álvarez|2013|pp=50–51}}

In 1435, in response to an outbreak of the plague, Madrid shut the city gates. John II of Castile was receiving ambassadors from the King of France. John fled to Illescas in Toledo and for their safety, the ambassadors were led to an area outside the city walls, that area is now known as Embajadores.{{cite web |last1=Hughes |first1=Felicity |title=A History of Epidemics in Madrid |url=https://themakingofmadrid.com/2020/04/25/a-history-of-epidemics-in-madrid |website=The Making of Madrid |date=2020-04-25}}

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The Rastro open air flea market takes place in the section between the plaza del Cascorro and the Ronda de Toledo on Sundays.{{Cite web|url=https://www.madrid.es/UnidadesDescentralizadas/Sostenibilidad/Ruido/MapaRuido/MapaRuido2006/Ficheros/Distrito_01_Centro.pdf|title=Presentación de la cartografía acústica del municipio de Madrid|publisher=Ayuntamiento de Madrid|page=22}} It has a population of 44,604 inhabitants (September 2018).{{Cite web|url=http://www-2.munimadrid.es/TSE6/control/seleccionDatosBarrio|work=Población por distrito y barrio|title=Centro. Embajadores}} In 2010 the foreign population was a 33,3% of the total population, well above the city average of 17%.{{Sfn|Peñalta Catalán|2010|p=112}} Time Out chose Embajadores as the world's coolest neighborhood in 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://www.timeout.com/about/latest-news/embajadores-and-euljiro-are-on-the-list-of-time-outs-coolest-neighbourhoods-right-now-hackney-and-williamsburg-are-not-092018|publisher=Time Out|title=Embajadores and Euljiro are on the list of Time Out's coolest neighbourhoods right now – Hackney and Williamsburg are not|date=20 September 2018}}{{Cite journal|journal=El País|url=https://elpais.com/ccaa/2018/09/24/madrid/1537789106_353961.html|title=Lavapiés se hace con el título de barrio más 'cool' del mundo|date=24 September 2018}}

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• {{Cite book|first=Santos|last=García Álvarez|url=http://oa.upm.es/14903/1/SANTOS_GARCIA_ALVAREZ.pdf|publisher=Universidad Politécnica de Madrid|location=Madrid|year=2013|title=Concienciación para la conservación del patrimonio urbano. Los instrumentos de gestión para la recuperación del barrio madrileño de Embajadores}}
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