Puerta Del Sol Square, Madrid, Spain Editorial Photo

Puerta del Sol, Gate of the Sun, is one of the nerve centres of Madrid. During the fifteenth century, La Puerta del Sol was originally one of the gates of the city wall and three centuries later, mid-eighteenth century, the Casa de Correos was established, today the headquarters of the Presidencia de la Comunidad. It isn’t really a square, but a semi-circle. During the twentieth century, the fountain was placed in the centre of the square and part of it was pedestrianised.