Calle Jericó

This street belongs to the Niño Jesús neighbourhood, which began to be developed around 1946 on the land of the Arganda railway, where the Niño Jesús station had stood. The URBIS property company commissioned the layout, and the streets were named from a biblical and Christmas repertoire in keeping with the neighbourhood’s name and with the Hospital del Niño Jesús, opened in January 1877 by the first Duchess of Santoña. Jericó is a Palestinian city in the Jordan Valley, 27 kilometres east of Jerusalem and 258 metres below sea level. Its first settlements go back to around 9600 BC. The Hebrew name is linked to a Canaanite word meaning fragrant, or to Yareaẖ, the moon god the city may once have been a cult centre for. Santiago Bernabéu, president of Real Madrid from 1943, lived and died on this very street, passing away at home in the early hours of 2 June 1978. The city council later placed a commemorative plaque on the front of the building.