María Mato de Soraya y Zargo Street
María Mato de Soraya y Zargo Street (Monsan: Calle de María Mato de Soraya y Zargo) is a street in the city of Monsa, which runs from east to west in the neighbourhood of Conquistadores. The street is filled with mostly residential low-rise buildings and small shops, highlighting the embassy of Blackhelm Confederacy on its beginning in the Conquistadores Boulevard; from its beginning, the street is crossed by several other important streets and avenues, such as Duque de Zagaleta St. and Fernando Schroeder St. It was named after the writer, politician and member of the Colegio, María Mato de Soraya y Zargo.
Overview
The street runs from east to west, almost entirely on the neighbourhood of Conquistadores before ending on the Square of Constituyentes (Plaza de los Constituyentes), which marks the limit with the Monasterio neighbourhood. Under some of the course throughout the neighbourhood, Ma. Mato de Soraya y Zargo sees the passing of the Gracia Túnel, a tunnel that connects the Conquistadores Boulevard with the Nuevo Mundo Avenue. Before 1991, the street was named Goya and was changed by a popular initiative that promoted a referendum in the city to change the name of the street in commemoration of María Mato de Soraya y Zargo, a well-known writer and politician of Monsa, that lived in the number 884 of the street. In 2001, the street was included in the program of the city's municipality to beautify streets and transofrm corners, making them more accesible for people with disabilities.
From its beginning on the intersection with the Conquistadores Boulevard and like most streets in Monsa, Ma. Mato de Soraya y Zargo is filled with abundant vegetation; the most common type of tree seen in the streets is the Ginkgo biloba, a foreigner type of tree that was introduced in the city of Monsa back in 20's and has been, since then, a symbol of most residential narrow streets. Like the rest of streets in Conquistadores and the surrounding neighbourhoods, the street sees a high presence of urban furniture, such as planters with flowers on every corner, bollards, benches on appropriate spaces and street lights equiped with warm orange light.