AZCA

AZCA, an acronym for Asociación Mixta de Compensación de la Manzana A de la Zona Comercial de la Avenida del Generalísimo ("Mixed Association for Compensation of the A Block of the Commercial Area of the Avenue of the Generalisimo", now called the Avenue of Paseo de la Castellana), is a financial district in Madrid, Spain. The business district, which is located on the northern edge of the city centre, serves as one of the two main financial districts of the Madrid metropolitan area. thumb|left|AZCA View from the Nuevos Ministerios station (to the right, the Torre del Banco Bilbao). thumb|left|View of Torre Europa (Madrid)|Torre Europa from the Square of Lima. thumb|left|AZCA buildings (Torre Picasso). thumb|left|AZCA buildings (Torre Mahou). thumb|left|AZCA buildings (Torre Titania, The most modern building which replaced the [[Tower Windsor).]] thumb|250px|left|The Torre Windsor the morning of February 13, 2005. Its remains were demolished and in its place today edifies the [[Torre Titania.]]

==History== It is located between the streets Raimundo Fernández Villaverde, Orense, General Perón and Paseo de la Castellana. Its original conception (and its name) dates back to the Plan General de Ordenación Urbana de Madrid (PGOU), approved in 1964. The purpose of this plan was to create a huge block of modern office buildings with metro and railway connections in the expansion area of northern Madrid, just in front of Real Madrid stadium (currently named the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium) and beside the new government complex of Nuevos Ministerios. A botanical garden, a library and an opera house were also included in the plans, but these were never built.