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It is the financial district in downtown Madrid located along Paseo de la Castellana.

It's original conception dates back to the "Plan General de Ordenación Urbana de Madrid", in 1946. The purpose of this plan was to create a huge block of modern office buildings with metro and railway connections in the expansion area of northern Madrid, just in front of Real Madrid stadium (Santiago Bernabéu Stadium) and beside the brand new government complex of Nuevos Ministerios.

The construction began in the 1970s after many delays. Nowadays some of the tallest and most beautiful modern Madrid skyscrapers are placed here. The most important are: Picasso Tower (157 m), Europa Tower (121 m), Banco de Bilbao Tower (107 m), Kio Towers (two towers of 114 m each).

In February 2005, Windsor Tower (106 m) was destroyed by a fire.

In 2007, a new skyscraper area was built farther north with four buildings: Caja Madrid Tower, Sacyr Vallehermoso Tower, Cristal Tower and Espacio Tower. The first is the highest in Madrid and Spain, with its 250 meters high and 58 floors.