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Puerta del Sol
Madrid, Spain Jan-2020
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From Wiki:
"The Puerta del Sol (Gate of the Sun) is a public square in Madrid, one of the best known and busiest places in the city. This is the centre (Km 0) of the radial network of Spanish roads. The square also contains the famous clock whose bells mark the traditional eating of the Twelve Grapes and the beginning of a new year.
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The Puerta del Sol originated as one of the gates in the city wall that surrounded Madrid in the 15th century. Outside the wall, medieval suburbs began to grow around the Christian Wall of the 12th century. The name of the gate came from the rising sun which decorated the entry, since the gate was oriented to the east.
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The Puerta del Sol contains a number of well known sights both domestically and internationally associated with Spain... The famous Tío Pepe lighted sign was above the square's eastern building between the Calle de Alcalá and the Carrera de San Jerónimo (Apple store today) for a long time, now is on top of the former Paris Hotel."
Puerta del Sol
Madrid, Spain Jan-2020
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From Wiki:
"The Puerta del Sol (Gate of the Sun) is a public square in Madrid, one of the best known and busiest places in the city. This is the centre (Km 0) of the radial network of Spanish roads. The square also contains the famous clock whose bells mark the traditional eating of the Twelve Grapes and the beginning of a new year.
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The Puerta del Sol originated as one of the gates in the city wall that surrounded Madrid in the 15th century. Outside the wall, medieval suburbs began to grow around the Christian Wall of the 12th century. The name of the gate came from the rising sun which decorated the entry, since the gate was oriented to the east.
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The Puerta del Sol contains a number of well known sights both domestically and internationally associated with Spain... The famous Tío Pepe lighted sign was above the square's eastern building between the Calle de Alcalá and the Carrera de San Jerónimo (Apple store today) for a long time, now is on top of the former Paris Hotel."