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1. Puerta del Sol
This square’s clock-tower
bell famously rings in
each New Year, heralding
a customary consump-
tion of 12 grapes – one
with each bell toll – for a
prosperous New Year.
Locator Map
Sol Metro See Madrid Street Finder map 4
Iglesia de San Ginés
Equestrian statue
of Carlos III
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Casa de Correos
(Post House),
C A L L E M A Y O R S T A E A N I currently the
headquarters of
C A L L E D E P O S T A S C A L L E C O R E O S R R A C M Y Z the regional
government
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The Palacio de Santa Cruz
was built as the court
prison in the 17th century.
This Late Renaissance–style
(see p29) palace is occupied
C A L L E D E L A C O L E G I ATA
by the Foreign Ministry.
2 Colegiata de San Isidro
This was Madrid’s provisional
Tirso de Molina cathedral until La Almudena
Metro was completed (see p279).
Key It is named after the city’s
patron, St Isidore, a local
Suggested route 12th-century farmer.

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