Location Madrid, Spain Type Non-movable Designated 1999 Architect Ricardo Bastida | Built 1920 - 1923 Criteria Monument Reference no. RI-51-0010472 | |
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Similar Santuario de Nuestra Señora d, Palacio de la Marques, Palacio de los Concejos, House of las Siete Chimeneas, Chapel of Obispo de Madrid | ||
The Banco Bilbao Vizcaya (Spanish: Banco Bilbao Vizcaya, formerly Banco de Bilbao) is a building located at Calle de Alcalá, 16, in Madrid, Spain. Projected in 1919 by architect Ricardo Bastida (1879–1953) and built from 1920 to 1923 for Banco de Bilbao, a constituent financial institution of BBVA. It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1999. The rotunda features murals painted by Aurelio Arteta in 1922 and restored in 2003.
In popular culture
The final fight in the 2000 Spanish film La comunidad was shot among the quadrigas atop of the building.
References
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya (building) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA