Sol (Madrid)

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Sol (Madrid)
Country Spain
Aut. community Madrid
Municipality Madrid
District Centro

Sol is an administrative neighborhood (barrio) of Madrid belonging to the district of Centro.

It has a total area of around 44.5 hectares [1] (less than 0.1% out of the total municipal area). [2] Hugely affected by the impact of tourism, by 2018 it had over 2 tourists per 1 permanent dweller. [3]

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References

  1. Llés Lazo, Carlos; Higueras García, Ester (2017). "Paisaje urbano, necesidades y funcionalidad del sistema de plazas del entorno de Sol de Madrid" (PDF). Patrimonio y Paisaje. Ayuntamiento de Madrid. p. 47.
  2. Oliver, M.; Serrano, M.I (28 February 2014). "Aguirre: "La Puerta del Sol no puede convertirse en un manifestódromo"". ABC .
  3. "En el barrio de Sol de Madrid hay ya dos turistas por cada residente". Diario Vasco. 21 February 2018.

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