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La Térmica

Martínez de la Riva-Puerto Bonaigua, Calle Sierra de Lucena, San Diego, Puente de Vallecas, Madrid, Comunidad de Madrid, 28018, España

A 6-minute field recording by Sono Mayrit made in Puente de Vallecas, Spain on 27 December 2025, in the night. Soundscape: church bells.

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La Térmica
6:10CC BY 3.0by Sono MayritInternet Archive
6:10
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Recordist's notes

Constant noise from the thermal power plant of the Eco-Bulevar from Puente de Vallecas. A new neighborhood has been built over the old and recently destroyed Colonia de Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles, a social housing project from the 1950s. This new neighborhood includes a thermal power plant for heating purposes, with five big chimes. One of the houses from the old neighborhood resisted over the years to not being destroyed, but on October 2025 was finally demolished under court orders.

Written by Sono Mayrit on radio aporee ::: maps.

About the place

Puente de Vallecas is a city of about 244,151 people in Madrid, Spain. OttoAnna lists 47 field recordings from here.

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