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Monolith of the geographic centre of the Iberian Peninsula

Pinto, Área Metropolitana, Madrid

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Monolith of the geographic centre of the Iberian Peninsula

Curiosity · Pinto, Área Metropolitana, Madrid

Image of Pinto, not of the place itself.

In the Egido de la Fuente park a monolith recalls Pinto's old claim to be the geographical centre of the Iberian Peninsula, put down to measurements from Islamic times and alluded to in the place name itself, which tradition derives from the Latin punctum.

Photo: Vanbasten 23 (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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