Calle Martínez Corrochano
A street in the Adelfas neighbourhood dedicated to someone surnamed Martínez Corrochano, whose identity has not survived.
The name points to someone surnamed Martínez Corrochano whom Madrid wished to remember with a street. Who he was, when he lived and why he deserved the tribute has gone unrecorded.
The calle de Martínez Corrochano is a short street in the Adelfas neighbourhood, at the southern edge of the Retiro district. It is an area of quiet blocks and discreet doorways, heir to a Madrid that grew south-east when the city spread past Atocha station towards Vallecas. Adelfas and neighbouring Pacífico once formed a single outskirt of factories and newcomers.
Beside number 26 opens a municipal sports facility where the neighbourhood plays and trains. The double surname on the sign, sonorous to read, still has no known biography.