The
Cerro de los Ángeles (
Hill of the Angels) is a famous hill located in
Getafe,
Spain, about south of
Madrid. The site is famous for being considered the geographic centre of the
Iberian Peninsula. On top of the hill there is a 14th-century
monastery named
Our Lady of the Angels (
Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles), as well as the
Monument to the Sacred Heart of Jesus (
Monumento al Sagrado Corazón), built in 1919 to dedicate the country and inaugurated by king
Alfonso XIII. Several
Spanish Civil War battles occurred on the hill, resulting in the destruction of the original monument. Bullet marks dating from the war can be seen on the
Sagrado Corazón monument as well as the walls of the monastery.