The Plaza de Castilla is a great plaza in the north of Madrid

Madrid

Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...

, Spain.

Situation

It is situated in the north of the city and is bisected by Paseo de la Castellana

Paseo de la Castellana

Paseo de la Castellana , commonly known as La Castellana, is one of the longest and widest avenues of Madrid. It is named after an old fountain that used to exist in Plaza de Castilla...

, one of the main thoroughfares of the capital, almost at its end. It is in the district of Chamartín

Chamartín

Chamartín is an administrative district of Madrid, Spain and consists of the following neighborhoods: El Viso, Prosperidad, Ciudad Jardín, Hispanoamérica, Nueva España, and Pza...

, and is the hub of the neighborhood of Castilla. Also converge in this place Asturias Avenue and the streets of Agustín de Foxá, Mateo Inurria and Bravo Murillo.

The Puerta de Europa

Puerta de Europa

The Puerta de Europa towers are twin office buildings in Madrid. The towers have a height of and have 26 floors. They were constructed from 1989 to 1996...

 Towers are situated at the north end of the Plaza. The Caja Madrid Obelisk

Caja Madrid Obelisk

The Caja Madrid Obelisk is a monument designed by Santiago Calatrava located in the Plaza de Castilla in Madrid, Spain. It was donated by the bank Caja Madrid to the city.- History :...

is erected directly in the center of the plaza.