The Plaza del Rey (known in the 19th century as Plaza del Almirante) is a public space located on one side of the first section of the Gran Vía in Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain.
It is bordered at one end by Calle del Barquillo and Calle de las Infantas.
It is located in the Chueca neighbourhood. On the side of the square there is a statue of the Spanish soldier Jacinto Ruiz y Mendoza, hero of the uprising of 2 May. The palace (Casa de las Siete Chimeneas) popularly known as the House of the Seven Chimneys stands out in its layout. It is named after the proclamation by the people of Madrid in 1808 of Ferdinand VII as King of Spain.
It was, along with the Plaza de Vázquez de Mella, one of the first to be pierced to accommodate an underground car parking. In the 1970s, a large sundial was built on the façade of the Ministry of Culture (in the Registry Offices of the Secretary of State for Culture) that faces the square.
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