Originally, the soil on which the current neighborhood was built was a sparsely populated area to the south of the medieval city limits of Madrid.Шаблон:Sfn The area fully urbanised to become an arrabal of the city in the 16th century. The urban grid did not evolve much since then; as until the mid 19th century, when the plaza de Tirso de Molina was created over the plot made available by the demolition of the convent of La Merced, no noticeable change happened in the grid.Шаблон:Sfn
In 1435, in response to an outbreak of the plague, Madrid shut the city gates. John II of Castile was receiving ambassadors from the King of France. John fled to Illescas in Toledo and for their safety, the ambassadors were led to an area outside the city walls, that area is now known as Embajadores.[2]
The Rastroopen air flea market takes place in the section between the plaza del Cascorro and the Ronda de Toledo on Sundays.[3] It has a population of 44,604 inhabitants (September 2018).[4] In 2010 the foreign population was a 33,3% of the total population, well above the city average of 17%.Шаблон:SfnTime Out chose Embajadores as the world's coolest neighborhood in 2018.[5][6]
