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PUERTA DEL SOL

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2024
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Elliptical square, center of Madrid, kilometer 0 of the Spanish road network and place of the uprising against Napoleon in 1808

It is the real center of Madrid and the zero kilometer of the Spanish road network. Until 1570, the Puerta del Sol was outside the city walls. It seems that the name of the square comes from a sun carved on the door of what was then the city wall and which remained so until the 16th century. The square has an elliptical shape and ten streets meet there. At the beginning of Calle Preciados, the bear and the arbutus tree, emblems of the capital, remind us that in the past the city was surrounded by large areas. On May 2, 1808, the uprising against Napoleon took place here.

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mariaqueixa
mariaqueixa
Visited in may 2018
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La Puerta del Sol c'est un symbole pour les espagnols : elle abrite l'horloge qui donne les douce coups de minuit qui marquent l'entrée de la novuelle année (les espagnols accompagnons chaque coup de minuit avec un grain de raisin blanc). Cette place abrite aussi le kilomètre Zéro de toutes les routes principales de l'Espangne. Vous pourrez y trouver aussi une belle statue de "el oso y el madroño", les symboles de la communauté de Madrid. L'ambiance est sympathique et dans les rues adjacentes on peut trouver des endroits sympathiques pour manger comme les locaux.
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@V
@V
Visited in may 2018
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Véritable lieu de vie madrilène, de jour comme de nuit il s'y passe toujours quelque chose. Bordée par les rues piétonnes commerçantes, à quelques minutes de la plaza Major...
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rrrriton
rrrriton
Visited in march 2018
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Un bien beau lieu symbolique, de toute façon immanquable
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youpio
youpio
Visited in april 2018
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grande place qui pour nous n'a pas de charme particulier, il y a bien d'autres places nombreuses, plus petites, plus typiques et avec des endroits où se réunir plus sympathiques
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nanie44
nanie44
Visited in march 2018
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Place centrale à Madrid où il a toujours quelque chose à voir, à écouter...
Les gens se donnent rendez vous sous la statue de l'ours.
Nous n'avons pas trouvé la dalle qui porte le km zéro.
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