Belén de la Comunidad de Madrid Real Casa de Correos (Puerta del Sol)

Nativity scene installed at the Real Casa de Correos, seat of the Community of Madrid in the Puerta del Sol, with a set inspired by the Moroccan town of Ait Ben Haddou.

The Real Casa de Correos, seat of the Community of Madrid, hosts a nativity scene in the Puerta del Sol that the regional government presents every year as part of its exhibitions and cultural activities. It is a Christmas-themed nativity exhibition, open to the public in the building itself.

The set for this edition takes Ait Ben Haddou, a town in Morocco declared a World Heritage Site, as its reference. The display brings the architecture and landscape of that village into the nativity scene, so that the whole moves away from the traditional image of the figures and the usual nativity stables.

The visit consists of walking through the nativity scene installed in the building, located in the heart of Madrid, and is straightforward for any visitor interested in the art of nativity scenes and in the Moroccan culture that inspired it.