Kilometre zero
Kilometre zero, also known as zero mile marker or zero milepost, is a particular location from which traveled distances are traditionally measured, as in distance markers.
- Type: Memorial
- Description: location from which distances are traditionally measured
- Also known as: “control points”, “control stations”, “kezdő kilométer”, “kilometer kosong”, “kilometer zero”, “kilometre zero”, “kilomètre zéro”, “kilómetro 0”, “km 0”, “mile post zero”, “nollkilometermarkör”, “nollkilometersten”, “nulla kilométer”, “Nullpunkt”, “nulový kilometr”, “penanda batu kosong”, “počátek kilometráže”, “punctul zero”, “punkt zerowy”, “punto zero”, “stesen kawalan”, “titik kawalan”, “začátek staničení”, “zero kilometro”, “zero mile marker”, “zero milepost”, and “킬로미터제로”
- Inscription: “Origen de las carreteras radiales”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights: Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando and Sol.
Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando
Government office
Teatro Albéniz
Theater building
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sol and Centro.
Sol-Letras-Lavapiés
Kilometre zero
- Categories: beginning, milestone, highway location marker, kilometric point, and historic site
- Location: Centro, Madrid, Madrid, Community of Madrid, Central Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
40.41663° or 40° 24′ 60″ north
Longitude
-3.70381° or 3° 42′ 14″ west
Open location code
8CGRC78W+MF
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Vietnamese—“Kilometre zero” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “զրոյական կիլոմետր”
- Armenian: “Զրոյական կիլոմետր”
- Basque: “zerogarren kilometro”
- Basque: “Zerogarren kilometro”
- Belarusian: “нулявы кілямэтар”
- Breton: “Kilometr zero”
- Bulgarian: “нулев километър”
- Bulgarian: “Нулев километър”
- Catalan: “Quilòmetre Zero”
- Cebuano: “Kilometro Sero”
- Chinese: “公路原點”
- Chinese: “西班牙公路原點”
- Croatian: “nulti kilometar”
- Croatian: “Nulti kilometar”
- Czech: “nultý kilometr”
- Danish: “nulpunktssten”
- Danish: “Nulpunktssten”
- Esperanto: “kilometro nulo”
- Esperanto: “Kilometro nulo”
- French: “point zéro”
- French: “Point zéro”
- German: “Fundamentalpunkt”
- Greek: “χιλιόμετρο μηδέν”
- Greek: “Χιλιόμετρο Μηδέν”
- Hebrew: “קילומטר אפס”
- Hungarian: “0. kilométer”
- Indonesian: “Kilometer Nol”
- Italian: “chilometro zero”
- Italian: “Chilometro zero”
- Japanese: “道路元標”
- Korean: “도로원표”
- Malay: “kilometer sifar”
- Malay: “Kilometer sifar”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “fundamentalpunkt”
- Persian: “کیلومتر صفر”
- Polish: “kilometr zerowy”
- Polish: “Kilometr zerowy”
- Romanian: “kilometrul zero”
- Romanian: “Kilometrul zero”
- Russian: “нулевой километр”
- Russian: “Нулевой километр”
- Scots: “kilometre zero”
- Scots: “Kilometre zero”
- Spanish: “kilómetro cero”
- Spanish: “Kilómetro cero”
- Spanish: “Kilómetro Cero”
- Swedish: “utgångspunkt för vägmätning”
- Swedish: “Utgångspunkt för vägmätning”
- Tagalog: “Kilometro Sero”
- Ukrainian: “нульовий кілометр”
- Ukrainian: “Нульовий кілометр”
- Vietnamese: “cột cây số 0”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Puerta del Sol Clock and Consejería de Presidencia.
Nearby Places
Places to explore: Puerta del Sol and Carlos III.
Madrid: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Sol-Letras-Lavapiés and Salamanca.
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