Puerta del Sol

The Puerta del Sol is a public square in , one of the best known and busiest places in the city. This is the centre of the radial network of Spanish roads.
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  • Type: Work of art
  • Description: square in Madrid, Spain
  • Also known as: “Puerta del Sol Clock” and “Sun Gate”
  • Address: Plaza de la Puerta del Sol 7, Madrid, 28013
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kilometre zero and Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando.

Memorial
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, also known as zero mile marker or zero milepost, is a particular location from which traveled distances are traditionally measured, as in distance markers.

Government office
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The Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, located on the Calle de Alcalá in the centre of , currently functions as a museum and gallery. is situated 300 metres northeast of Puerta del Sol.

Metro station
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is a station on Line 1, Line 2 and Line 3 of the Madrid Metro. It is located in Zone A and is the most central station on the Metro, located at the Puerta del square. Because of its location, it is one of the busiest stations of the Madrid Metro.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sol and Sol-Letras-Lavapiés.

Quarter
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is an administrative neighborhood of belonging to the district of . It has a total area of around 44.5 hectares. Hugely affected by the impact of tourism, by 2018 it had over 2 tourists per 1 permanent dweller.

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Sol, Letras and Lavapiés are neighbourhoods in central , the capital of .

Neighborhood
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is a name used for the old centre of , built during the reign of the Habsburg Dynasty, known in Spain as Casa de Austria. The area is located south of the Calle Mayor, in between the Metro stations and .

Puerta del Sol

Latitude
40.41656° or 40° 24′ 60″ north
Longitude
-3.7038° or 3° 42′ 14″ west
Elevation
661 metres (2,169 feet)
Open location code
8CGRC78W+JF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 9104637017
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­clock
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­artwork
Geo­Names ID
6452881
Wiki­data ID
Q427163
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Puerta del Sol” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بويرتا دي سول”
  • Armenian: “Պուերտա դել Սոլ”
  • Basque: “Puerta del Sol”
  • Catalan: “Puerta del Sol”
  • Cebuano: “Puerta del Sol”
  • Chinese: “太阳门”
  • Chinese: “太阳门广场”
  • Czech: “Puerta del Sol”
  • Czech: “Sol”
  • Dutch: “Puerta del Sol”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بويرتا دى سول”
  • Esperanto: “Pordo de la Suno”
  • Finnish: “Puerta del Sol”
  • French: “L’horloge de la Puerta del Sol”
  • French: “Puerta del Sol”
  • Galician: “Porta do Sol”
  • Galician: “Puerta del Sol”
  • German: “Puerta del Sol”
  • Hebrew: “פוארטה דל סול”
  • Italian: “Orologio della Puerta del Sol”
  • Italian: “Puerta del Sol”
  • Japanese: “プエルタ・デル・ソル”
  • Korean: “푸에르타 델 솔”
  • Latin: “Porta Solis”
  • Lithuanian: “Puerta del Sol”
  • Polish: “Puerta del Sol”
  • Portuguese: “Porta do Sol”
  • Portuguese: “Relógio da Porta do Sol”
  • Russian: “Пуэрта-дель-Соль”
  • Slovenian: “Puerta del Sol, Madrid”
  • Slovenian: “Puerta del Sol”
  • Spanish: “Puerta del Sol”
  • Spanish: “Reloj de la Puerta del Sol”
  • Spanish: “Sol”
  • Swedish: “Puerta del Sol”
  • Turkish: “Puerta del Sol”
  • Ukrainian: “Пуерта-дель-Соль”
  • Vietnamese: “Puerta del Sol”
  • Wu Chinese: “太阳门”

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