Alcalà street

Alcalá street starts at Puerta del Sol square, crosses Cibeles square and extends for 10km towards the northeast. Its name comes from the city of Alcalá de Henares, to which it once led. In its first km the street is lined by a number of elegant buildings in neoclassical style, among them the Edificio Metropolis, the BBVA building with the quadriga and the Thyssen-Bornemisza museum