Sol

Sol 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.
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  • Type: Metro station
  • Description: metro station
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

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

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.

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 250 metres northeast of Sol.

Museum
Photo: Fernando, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Royal Palace of Madrid is the official residence of the Spanish royal family and is used primarily for state ceremonies. With over 135,000 m2 and 3,418 rooms, the Royal Palace of Madrid is the largest royal palace in and one of the largest in the world. is situated 1 km west of Sol.

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.

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

Neighborhood
Photo: Antonio Tajuelo, CC BY 2.0.
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 Sol and .

Sol

Latitude
40.41694° or 40° 25′ 1″ north
Longitude
-3.70339° or 3° 42′ 12″ west
Operator
Metro de Madrid
Network
Madrid Metro
Open location code
8CGRC78W+QJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5301853067
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q1766008
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Spanish—“Sol” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Sol geltokia”
  • Catalan: “Sol”
  • Chinese: “太陽站”
  • Chinese: “太陽門站”
  • Czech: “Sol (stanice metra)”
  • Czech: “Sol”
  • Czech: “Stanice Sol”
  • Czech: “Vodafone Sol”
  • Dutch: “Sol”
  • Esperanto: “Sol”
  • French: “Sol”
  • Galician: “Sol”
  • German: “Sol”
  • Hungarian: “Sol metróállomás”
  • Hungarian: “Sol”
  • Irish: “Sol”
  • Italian: “Sol”
  • Korean: “솔역”
  • Lombard: “Sol”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Sol”
  • Persian: “ایستگاه متروی سول”
  • Polish: “Sol”
  • Portuguese: “Estação Sol”
  • Portuguese: “Sol”
  • Russian: “Соль”
  • Spanish: “Estación de Sol”
  • Spanish: “Estación de Vodafone Sol”
  • Spanish: “Sol”
  • Spanish: “Vodafone Sol”
  • “Sol”

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