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The Puerta del Sol contains a number of well known sights both domestically and internationally associated with Spain. On the south side, the old Post Office was the headquarters of the Ministry of Interior and State Security in Francoist Spain. The basement of the DGS (Spanish: Dirección General de Seguridad, lit.
All this led the Ministry of Transport to think about changing the Puerta del Sol, adapting it to the new times. In the administrative division of Madrid, established on November 17, 1840, the barrio de la Puerta del Sol was created, within the North quarter. This neighborhood will keep this name until October 31, 1968.
The Douglas Entrance (also known as La Puerta del Sol) is a historic site in Coral Gables, Florida. It is located at the junction of Douglas Road and Tamiami Trail . The architect was Phineas Paist and it was completed in 1924. [2] On September 22, 1972, it is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
Retrato del arquitecto Marquet by Faronne Ollivier, pastel, 54 x 44 cm, Madrid, Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando.. Jaime Marquet (born Jacques Marquet, in París, 1710–1782) was a French architect who worked extensively in Bourbon Spain, and whose most important work includes the central plaza of Madrid known as Puerta del Sol and the adjacent monumental building, the Real Casa ...
In the 18th century, the street was divided in three sections with different names: Almudena (from the alcázar surroundings to the Plazuela de la Villa; Platería (from the plazuela de la Villa to the Puerta de Guadalajara), and Mayor (from the Puerta de Guadalajara to the Puerta del Sol). [5] [6]
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.
The Iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Buen Suceso [pronunciation?], commonly known as Iglesia del Buen Suceso was a church of Madrid that delimited the eastern part of the Puerta del Sol . [1] The church comes from a remodeling of the Hospital Real de la Corte (Royal Hospital of the Court) (built in 1483).
The Puerta del Sol is a public square in Madrid, Spain. Puerta del Sol may also refer to: Puerta del Sol, Toledo, a city gateway; La Puerta del Sol, a sculpture in Chihuahua City, Mexico; Gate of the Sun, a monolith in Tiahuanaco, Bolivia; Puerto del Sol, a non-profit magazine from the New Mexico State University; Sol, metro station serving the ...