Casa de Correos

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18th-century building government building historic building

Casa de Correos is a historic 18th-century government building in Madrid, Spain, best known for its clock tower that marks the traditional New Year’s Eve countdown in Puerta del Sol.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Real Casa de Correos	4
Casa de Correos canonical	2
Casa de Correos (Spanish)	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	18th-century building ⓘ government building ⓘ historic building ⓘ
architect	Jaime Marquet ⓘ Francesco Sabatini ⓘ surface form: Sabatini (involved in works) Ventura Rodríguez ⓘ
architecturalStyle	neoclassical architecture ⓘ
city	Madrid ⓘ
clockInstalled	1866 ⓘ
completionDate	1768 ⓘ
coordinateLocation	40.4169° N, 3.7033° W ⓘ
country	Spain ⓘ
currentUse	headquarters of the Presidency of the Community of Madrid ⓘ seat of the regional government of the Community of Madrid ⓘ
hasClock	Reloj de la Puerta del Sol ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance	iconic landmark of Puerta del Sol ⓘ symbolic center of New Year celebrations in Spain ⓘ
hasFacade	main facade facing Puerta del Sol ⓘ
hasFeature	central pediment ⓘ courtyard ⓘ symmetrical wings ⓘ
hasNearby	Kilómetro Cero plaque of Spanish radial roads ⓘ statue of Charles III of Spain in Puerta del Sol ⓘ
hasPart	clock tower ⓘ
heritageDesignation	Bien de Interés Cultural ⓘ Monumento ⓘ
heritageDesignationCountry	Spain ⓘ
inception	1760s ⓘ
knownFor	New Year’s Eve clock chimes ⓘ marking the traditional New Year’s Eve countdown in Puerta del Sol ⓘ
locatedIn	Community of Madrid ⓘ Madrid ⓘ Puerta del Sol ⓘ Spain ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Central European Summer Time ⓘ Central European Time ⓘ
materialUsed	brick ⓘ stone ⓘ
numberOfFloors	3 ⓘ
originalFunction	central post office of Madrid ⓘ seat of the General Post Office of Spain ⓘ
ownedBy	Community of Madrid ⓘ
previousOwner	Spain ⓘ surface form: Spanish State
previousUse	Ministry of the Interior building ⓘ surface form: Ministry of the Interior headquarters seat of the Civil Government of Madrid ⓘ
significantEvent	annual New Year’s Eve celebration in Madrid ⓘ broadcast of the twelve chimes on Spanish television ⓘ
streetAddress	Puerta del Sol, 7 ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Puerta del Sol → hasBuilding → Casa de Correos ⓘ

President of the Community of Madrid → seat → Casa de Correos ⓘ

this entity surface form: Real Casa de Correos

President of the Community of Madrid → residence → Casa de Correos ⓘ

this entity surface form: Real Casa de Correos

Casa de Correos building → hasNameInLanguage → Casa de Correos ⓘ

subject surface form: Casa de Correos

this entity surface form: Casa de Correos (Spanish)

clock tower of Casa de Correos → locatedIn → Casa de Correos ⓘ

Sol neighborhood → hasLandmark → Casa de Correos ⓘ

this entity surface form: Real Casa de Correos

Francesco Sabatini → notableWork → Casa de Correos ⓘ

this entity surface form: Real Casa de Correos