Calle de La Orden

Short and unassuming, the calle de La Orden runs barely a couple of hundred meters through the Cuatro Caminos neighborhood, among the blocks that grew north of Bravo Murillo when the city outgrew its old limits. The sign points to a place-name. “La Orden” names spots and neighborhoods scattered across Spain —⁠the best known is the crowded district of the same name in Huelva⁠— and it could also refer to a religious or military order. None of those leads appears tied to this street: the reason for its name has not been documented. The name stands out in its surroundings. Many of the streets of Cuatro Caminos bear the names of Spanish provinces —⁠Oviedo, Palencia, Jaén, Ávila⁠—⁠, a result of this sector’s growth during the Ensanche and the turn-of-the-century outskirts. La Orden falls outside that series, with no recorded reason.