Puerta de Hierro
Puerta de Hierro is a monument of the second half of the 18th century, located in the northwest of Madrid, Spain, in the district of Moncloa near the Monte de El Pardo.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Zaqarbal, CC BY-SA 3.0 es.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: monument in Madrid, Spain
- Also known as: “Iron door”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Real Club de la Puerta de Hierro and University City of Madrid.
Real Club de la Puerta de Hierro
Golf course
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Real Club de la Puerta de Hierro, commonly known as Puerta de Hierro, is a private country club based in Madrid, Spain. It owes its name to the nearby iron memorial arch. Real Club de la Puerta de Hierro is situated 1 km north of Puerta de Hierro.
University City of Madrid
University
Photo: Fernando García, CC BY 2.0.
The University City of Madrid, also called the Campus de Moncloa, is a complex in the Moncloa-Aravaca district of Madrid, Spain, that holds buildings of two universities and several related organizations. University City of Madrid is situated 1½ km southeast of Puerta de Hierro.
Plaza de Menéndez Pelayo
Park
Photo: Chfitzpatrick, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Plaza de Menéndez Pelayo is a park, which is situated 1¼ km southeast of Puerta de Hierro.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fuentelarreina and Moncloa.
Fuentelarreina
Quarter
Fuentelarreina is an administrative neighborhood of Madrid belonging to the district of Fuencarral-El Pardo.
Moncloa
Photo: Malopez 21, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Moncloa-Aravaca is a district in western Madrid. It includes several university campuses, the Argüelles neighbourhood and the huge Casa de Campo park.
Valdezarza
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Photo: Malopez 21, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Valdezarza is an administrative neighborhood of Madrid belonging to the district of Moncloa-Aravaca. Valdezarza is situated 2½ km northeast of Puerta de Hierro.
Puerta de Hierro
- Categories: architectural structure, city gate, building, tourism, historic site, and monument
- Location: Community of Madrid, Central Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.45561° or 40° 27′ 20″ northLongitude
-3.74434° or 3° 44′ 40″ westOpen location code
8CGRF744+67OpenStreetMap ID
way 568626354OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=monumentOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q962107
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Spanish—“Puerta de Hierro” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Puerta de Hierro”
- Esperanto: “Fera Pordo”
- Esperanto: “Puerta de Hierro”
- French: “porte de fer”
- French: “Puerta de Hierro”
- Spanish: “Puerta de Hierro”
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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 “Puerta de Hierro”. Photo: Zaqarbal, CC BY-SA 3.0 es.