Calle del Conde de Vallellano

The Count of Vallellano was Fernando Suárez de Tangil y Angulo (Madrid, 1886-1964), who held the title through his marriage to the countess. He served as mayor of Madrid between 1924 and 1927, during the dictatorship of Primo de Rivera, and later was minister of public works. His time at that ministry, which decided where roads and water reached, left his name across much of Spain. That same mark explains why, decades later, several town councils removed the streets dedicated to the count when reviewing the map inherited from the Franco era. In Valdeacederas the street is short, in a neighborhood that grew north of Cuatro Caminos when Tetuán was still on the city’s edge. The neighborhood’s name reads as “valley of sorrels,” the edible herb that grew on these grounds.