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Meridiano Zero Monument, El Hierro Island, Canary Islands
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The Meridiano Zero Monument is close by the lighthouse at Orchilla. It's a testimony to the fact that the Prime Meridian was once fixed here before being transferred to the Observatory in Greenwich, in England. The monument is simple and highly symbolic, marking the fact that the Prime Meridian was fixed on this spot for over two hundred years.
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