{"id":16918,"date":"2024-04-17T09:55:29","date_gmt":"2024-04-17T07:55:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mayerlinghotel.com\/descubre-la-puerta-del-sol\/"},"modified":"2024-04-17T10:28:13","modified_gmt":"2024-04-17T08:28:13","slug":"descubre-la-puerta-del-sol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mayerlinghotel.com\/en\/descubre-la-puerta-del-sol\/","title":{"rendered":"Discover La Puerta del Sol"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Puerta del Sol is one of the most famous squares in Madrid<\/strong> and the meeting point par excellence for locals and tourists alike. It is home to some of the capital&#8217;s most significant landmarks and buildings, such as <strong>Kilometre Zero<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The history of Madrid&#8217;s Puerta del Sol is divided into several stages. It <strong>began with the construction of the Casa de Correos<\/strong> in the mid-18th century, the oldest building in the square, which today houses the headquarters of the Presidency of the Community of Madrid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A century later, between 1857 and 1862, the Puerta del Sol took its definitive form thanks to the architects <strong>Lucio del Valle, Juan Rivera and Jos\u00e9 Morer<\/strong>, who designed the rest of the buildings that make up this historic square. In the 20th century, the gardens and fountain were added and the pedestrian area was increased.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What to see in Puerta del Sol<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In Puerta del Sol you will find <strong>three<\/strong> nationally <strong>known places<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Statue of the Bear and the Strawberry Tree<\/strong>: at the entrance of Alcal\u00e1 street we find the statue of the symbol of Madrid: The Bear and the Strawberry Tree. It was built in <strong>1967<\/strong> and is one of the most popular meeting points in the capital.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Clock of the Casa de Correos<\/strong>: known throughout Spain for being the place from where the famous <strong>chimes of the Puerta del Sol<\/strong> have been rung <strong>every New Year<\/strong> &#8216;s Eve since 1962. Every year thousands of people congregate at Puerta del Sol to eat grapes and celebrate the new year.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Kilometre Zero<\/strong>: this is the point where the Spanish radial roads begin. Kilometre Zero at Puerta del Sol is signposted and tourists do not leave Madrid without their photo on it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Puerta del Sol has also seen some key events in Madrid&#8217;s history, including the <strong>proclamation of the Second Republic in 1931<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Puerta del Sol is one of the most famous squares in Madrid and the meeting point par excellence for locals and tourists alike. It is home to some of the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":16584,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[124],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-16918","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blog-hotel-mayerling-madrid-en"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mayerlinghotel.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16918"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mayerlinghotel.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mayerlinghotel.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mayerlinghotel.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mayerlinghotel.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16918"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mayerlinghotel.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16918\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16919,"href":"https:\/\/www.mayerlinghotel.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16918\/revisions\/16919"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mayerlinghotel.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mayerlinghotel.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mayerlinghotel.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mayerlinghotel.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}