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Casco Histórico de Barajas, Madrid — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Casco Histórico de Barajas is the old core of the Barajas district of Madrid, Spain, around the Church of San Pedro Apóstol.
About Casco Histórico de Barajas
Where to stay in Casco Histórico de Barajas
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Casco Histórico de Barajas stays small. Rooms here sit among the low streets and squares of the old Barajas core, gathered around the Church of San Pedro Apóstol and the plaza Mercurio, a quiet corner well out from the centre of Madrid. The old core endures.
Choose Casco Histórico de Barajas for a slow, small-town base within Madrid, Spain.
About Casco Histórico de Barajas
What are the main landmarks in Casco Histórico de Barajas?
Two landmarks mark the old core. The Church of San Pedro Apóstol rises over the historic streets of Barajas, its tower standing above the low houses that ring the plaza Mercurio at the heart of this quarter of Madrid. A bell marks the square.
The Campana de la plaza Mercurio still hangs over the plaza Mercurio in Casco Histórico de Barajas, Madrid, Spain.
What is the history of Casco Histórico de Barajas?
Casco Histórico de Barajas grew as a village. Its old core gathered around the Church of San Pedro Apóstol and the plaza Mercurio long before Barajas was drawn into Madrid, and the low streets of the casco histórico still hold that older plan. A parish grew here.
Barajas was later absorbed into Madrid, yet the casco histórico around the plaza Mercurio keeps its old shape, in Spain.
Where is Casco Histórico de Barajas?
Casco Histórico de Barajas lies in the Barajas district of Madrid, Spain, around the Church of San Pedro Apóstol and the plaza Mercurio.
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Updated July 2026