Avenida de Asturias
Named after Asturias, the region of northern Spain, within the group of Tetuán streets christened with Spanish provinces and regions.
The name honors Asturias, the region on the Cantabrian coast, and it makes more sense once you look at the surrounding street map. In Tetuán, the streets around Bravo Murillo carry the names of Spanish provinces and regions, a municipal habit of grouping a neighborhood’s signs by theme.
The avenue itself, though, is young. It was opened in 2000 along the route of the old Calle de los Curtidos. Nearly sixty meters wide, it crosses a small valley and frames one edge of the Almenara neighborhood.
Anyone crossing it on a Sunday morning will find it transformed. Since 2005 it has hosted the Tetuán street market, one of the busiest in Madrid. The roadway that carries cars during the week fills up with awnings, hanging clothes and haggling.