Kilometre zero
In many countries, kilometre zero or similar terms in other languages denote a particular location from which distances are traditionally measured and some use this as their official country location or coordinates for faster search at space satellites, this is also used for measuring distances between different countries around the world.Photo: Chongkian, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Memorial
- Description: location from which distances are traditionally measured
- Inscription: Origen de las carreteras radiales
Notable Places in the Area
Plaza Mayor of Madrid
The Plaza Mayor is a major public space in the heart of Madrid, the capital of Spain. Plaza Mayor of Madrid is situated 330 metres southwest of Kilometre zero.Sol
Photo: Draceane, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sol is a station on Line 1, Line 2 and Line 3 of the Madrid Metro.
Localities in the Area
Sol-Letras-Lavapiés
Photo: tomasfano, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sol, Letras and Lavapiés are neighborhoods in central Madrid, the capital of Spain.
El Madrid de los Austrias
Photo: Antonio Tajuelo, CC BY 2.0.
El Madrid de los Austrias is a name used for the old centre of Madrid, built during the reign of the Habsburg Dynasty, known in Spain as Casa de Austria.
La Latina-Austrias
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
La Latina and Austrias are neighbourhoods in central Madrid.
Kilometre zero
- Categories: beginning, milestone and historic site
- Location: Centro, Madrid, Madrid, Community of Madrid, Central Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.41663° or 40° 24' 60" northLongitude
-3.70382° or 3° 42' 14" westOpen Location Code
8CGRC78W+MFOpenStreetMap ID
node 574669230OpenStreetMap Feature
historic=memorialWikidata ID
Q329477Kilometre zero Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Armenian: Զրոյական կիլոմետր
- Belarusian: нулявы кілямэтар
- Bulgarian: Нулев километър
- Catalan: Quilòmetre Zero
- Cebuano: Kilometro Sero
- Chinese: 公路原點
- Chinese: 西班牙公路原點
- Croatian: Nulti kilometar
- Croatian: nulti kilometar
- Danish: Nulpunktssten
- Danish: nulpunktssten
- English: Zero mile marker
- English: control points
- English: control stations
- English: kilometer zero
- English: km 0
- Esperanto: Kilometro Nulo
- Esperanto: Kilometro nulo
- French: Point zéro
- French: kilomètre zéro
- French: point zéro
- German: Fundamentalpunkt
- Greek: Χιλιόμετρο Μηδέν
- Greek: χιλιόμετρο μηδέν
- Hebrew: קילומטר אפס
- Indonesian: Kilometer Nol
- Italian: Chilometro zero
- Japanese: 道路元標
- Korean: 도로원표
- Malay: Kilometer sifar
- Norwegian Bokmål: fundamentalpunkt
- Persian: کیلومتر صفر
- Polish: Kilometr zerowy
- Romanian: Kilometrul zero
- Russian: Нулевой километр
- Russian: нулевой километр
- Scots: Kilometre zero
- Scots: kilometre zero
- Spanish: Kilometro cero
- Spanish: Kilómetro Cero
- Spanish: Kilómetro cero
- Swedish: Utgångspunkt för vägmätning
- Swedish: nollkilometermarkör
- Swedish: nollkilometersten
- Swedish: utgångspunkt för vägmätning
- Tagalog: Kilometro Sero
- Ukrainian: Нульовий кілометр
- Vietnamese: cột cây số 0
Other Places Named Kilometre zero
In the Area
Landmarks
- Puerta del Sol
- MariblancaWork of art
- Consejería de PresidenciaPublic building
- Estación de CercaníasRailway station
- La MallorquinaPâtisserie
- Casa LabraBar
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