Calle de Colombia
It bears the name of the Republic of Colombia, within the Madrid neighborhood whose streets are dedicated to the countries and places of Spanish America.
As this area of the old Chamartín de la Rosa was developed, its streets were named after nations, capitals, and features on the other side of the Atlantic. Neighbors of Colombia include Bolivia, Potosí, and Cartagena, an atlas made of blue plaques.
Colombia, in turn, honors Christopher Columbus. The Venezuelan revolutionary Francisco de Miranda spread the name for a dreamed-of American homeland, and it ended up naming the republic that bears it today. The navigator who never set foot on those lands was inscribed in them.