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  2. Puerta del Sol - Wikipedia

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    Real Casa de Correos at Puerta del Sol, Madrid. Puerta del Sol, Madrid. The Puerta is located in the very heart of Madrid. It serves as the kilometre zero from which all radial roads in Spain are measured. This is demonstrated by a plaque on the floor of the square, marking the exact point of Km.0.

  3. Kilometre zero - Wikipedia

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    Madrid's renewed Kilometre Zero. Spain has its kilometre zero at the Puerta del Sol in Madrid, in front of the Royal House of the Post Office. A plaque on the ground marks the official time in Spain, according to an urban legend. The plaque that marks this point was rotated 180 degrees by mistake in 2002 during a renovation of the square.

  4. History of the Puerta del Sol - Wikipedia

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    With this project and the pedestrianization of Plaza de Callao and Calle Preciados, several hundred square meters of roadway are extended in the area. A new subway station is added (three in total). A new plaque commemorating kilometer zero is placed, removing the previous one because it was very worn out.

  5. Km. 0 - Wikipedia

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    Km. 0 is a 2000 film Spanish directed by Yolanda García Serrano and Juan Luis Iborra. The plot concerns about several intertwining stories of mistaken identity and coincidental meetings (that may not be coincidental) that take place near the Kilometre Zero marker in the Puerta del Sol in Madrid.

  6. Royal House of the Post Office - Wikipedia

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    The Royal House of the Post Office (Spanish: Real Casa de Correos) is an eighteenth century building in Puerta del Sol, Madrid.It was built for the postal service, but currently serves as the office of the President of the Community of Madrid, the head of the regional government of the Autonomous Community of Madrid.

  7. Rizal Park - Wikipedia

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    Kilometer Zero is located within the Park on Roxas Boulevard, in front of the Rizal Monument. It serves as the point from which all road distances from Manila are measured. [37] Musical Dancing Fountain. Deemed as the biggest and most vibrant dancing fountain in the country, the central lagoon presents a show with waters soaring up to 88 feet ...

  8. Kilometer Zero - Wikipedia

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    Kilometer Zero is a collective of international artists and writers that produces magazines, theatre, and artistic performances. It was founded in Paris , France, at the Shakespeare and Company bookstore in 2000. [ 1 ]

  9. Paseo de la Castellana - Wikipedia

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    The street was formerly a thalweg partially along which the Arroyo de la Castellana flowed towards its emptying in the Abroñigal. [2] The Fuente Castellana, which was the main source of the Arroyo de la Castellana [2] and, according to Cervantes, a spring with "extremely cold waters", [3] was located near the current day plaza de Emilio Castelar.