Puerta del Sol · Madrid
Monuments
The symbols that give Puerta del Sol its identity: the Bear and the Strawberry Tree and the historic Tío Pepe sign.
The Bear and the Strawberry Tree
History of the Bear and the Strawberry Tree, Madrid's medieval symbol and a Puerta del Sol sculpture since 1967: its heraldic origin, its creator and its changes of location.
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La Mariblanca
La Mariblanca arrived in Puerta del Sol in 1630, more than three centuries before the Bear and the Strawberry Tree. The story of the Venus statue, the Fountain of the Harpies and its journeys around Madrid.
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Charles III and His Statue in Puerta del Sol
The equestrian statue of Charles III presides over the center of Puerta del Sol, yet it is one of the square's most recent features: it arrived in 1994 and was moved to the new fountain in 2023. The story of the king Madrid called 'its best mayor' and of his monument.
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The Tío Pepe Sign
History of the Tío Pepe sign: from the Hotel de París to number 11 on the Puerta del Sol, its removal, restoration and return in 2014.
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