![]() ![]() 0 plaque, at the Plaza de Armas main square in downtown Santiago. Īll national distances from Santiago originate at the Km. In Western Australia, road distances are measured from Point Zero, which is by the old Treasury Building on the corner of Cathedral Avenue and St George's Terrace in Perth. For the railway, it is at platform 1 of Sydney Central Station. The obelisk lists the distances to various locations in New South Wales at the time. In the state of New South Wales, highway distances ( mileages) were traditionally measured from a sandstone obelisk in Macquarie Place in Sydney, designed by Francis Greenway in 1818. An image of Our Lady of Luján (honored on the monolith as "the patron saint of the national road network") appears on the monolith's north face, a relief map of Argentina is on the south face, plaques in honor of José de San Martín are west, and on its eastern side, the date of the decree and the name of the relevant authorities. The work of the brothers Máximo and José Fioravanti, the structure was placed on the north side of Plaza Lorea on Octoit was moved to its present location on May 18, 1944. One such marker is the Milliarium Aureum ("Golden Milestone") of the Roman Empire, believed to be the literal origin for the maxim that " all roads lead to Rome".Īrgentina marks kilometre zero with a monolith in Plaza Congreso in Buenos Aires. ![]() Historically, they were markers where drivers could set their odometers to follow the directions in early guide books. In many countries, kilometre zero (also written km 0) or similar terms in other languages (also known as zero mile marker, zero milepost, control stations or control points) is a particular location (usually in the nation's capital city) from which distances are traditionally measured.
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