Plaza de la Infancia
It bears the abstract name of childhood, the first stage of life, with no record of why it was chosen for this square in the Castilla neighborhood.
The name stands for an idea: childhood, the first years of life. Spanish names it with a word from the Latin infantia, derived from infans, “the one who cannot yet speak.” From the same root came the infante, the child, and later the title of a king’s child who did not inherit the crown.
Plaza de la Infancia occupies a corner of the Castilla neighborhood, at the northern edge of Chamartín, near Plaza de Castilla and its leaning towers. It is a small, residential space, with few doorways and a playground of swings and sand. Why the city council chose this word was never recorded.