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Statue of the Bear and the Strawberry Tree

The Statue of the Bear and the Strawberry Tree is a sculpture from the second half of the 20th century, situated in the Spanish capital, . It represents the coat of arms of Madrid and is found on the east side of the , between Calle de Alcalá and Carrera de San Jerónimo, in the historical centre of the capital.
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Photo: Kadellar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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  • Type: Work of art
  • Artwork type: statue
  • Description: public sculpture in Madrid
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

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

Government office
Photo: Kadellar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 190 metres northeast of Statue of the Bear and the Strawberry Tree.

Memorial
Photo: Chongkian, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, also known as zero mile marker or zero milepost, is a particular location from which traveled distances are traditionally measured, as in distance markers. is situated 110 metres southwest of Statue of the Bear and the Strawberry Tree.

Metro station
Photo: Pablo Sanchez, CC BY 2.0.
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 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
Photo: xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0.
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.

Photo: tomasfano, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sol, Letras and Lavapiés are neighbourhoods in central , the capital of .

Quarter
Photo: Ricardo Ricote Rodríguez, CC BY 2.0.
is an administrative ward of belonging to the district of .

Statue of the Bear and the Strawberry Tree

Latitude
40.41702° or 40° 25′ 1″ north
Longitude
-3.70262° or 3° 42′ 9″ west
Elevation
661 metres (2,169 feet)
Inception
January 20th, 1967
Open location code
8CGRC78W+RX
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1221366732
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­artwork
Open­Street­Map attribute
artwork_type=­statue
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
10341993
Wiki­data ID
Q3887613
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Statue of the Bear and the Strawberry Tree” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “تمثال الدب وشجرة الفراولة”
  • Armenian: “Արջը և մաթուզենին”
  • Catalan: “l’Ós i l’Arboç”
  • Cebuano: “Statue of the Bear and Strawberry Tree”
  • Chinese: “攀樹的熊”
  • Czech: “Medvěd a planika”
  • Czech: “Oso y Madroño”
  • Dutch: “Statue of the Bear and the Strawberry Tree”
  • Esperanto: “Statuo de la Urso kaj Arbutujo”
  • French: “Statue de l’Ours et de l’Arbousier”
  • Italian: “statua dell’Orso e del Corbezzolo”
  • Italian: “Statua dell’Orso e del Corbezzolo”
  • Japanese: “クマとイチゴノキ”
  • Portuguese: “O Urso e o Medronheiro”
  • Russian: “Медведица у земляничного дерева”
  • Russian: “Медведь и земляничное дерево”
  • Slovenian: “kip medveda in jagodičnice”
  • Spanish: “El oso y el madrono”
  • Spanish: “El oso y el madroño”
  • Spanish: “El Oso y el Madroño”
  • Spanish: “Estatua del oso y el madrono”
  • Spanish: “Estatua del Oso y el Madroño”
  • Spanish: “Oso y Madroño”
  • Swedish: “Estatua del Oso y el Madroño”
  • Tagalog: “Rebulto ng Oso at ng Puno ng Presa”
  • Turkish: “Oso y Madroño heykeli”
  • Wu Chinese: “公熊上树雕塑”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Statue of the Bear and the Strawberry Tree”. Photo: Kadellar, CC BY-SA 3.0.