Cybele Palace

Cibeles Palace
Palacio de Cibeles
Cybele Palace, with the fountain of the same name in the foreground
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Former namesPalacio de Comunicaciones
Palacio de Telecomunicaciones
General information
StatusCompleted
Architectural styleEclecticism
Neo-Plateresque
LocationMadrid, Spain
Coordinates40°25′08″N 3°41′32″W / 40.418906°N 3.692084°W / 40.418906; -3.692084
Current tenantsAyuntamiento de Madrid
Inaugurated1919
Height
ArchitecturalSpanish Property of Cultural Interest
Design and construction
Architect(s)Antonio Palacios
Joaquín Otamendi

Cibeles Palace (Spanish: Palacio de Cibeles), formally known as Palacio de Comunicaciones (Palace of Communications) and Palacio de Telecomunicaciones (Palace of Telecommunications) until 2011, is a complex composed of two buildings with white facades and is located in one of the historical centres of Madrid, Spain. Formerly the city's main post office and telegraph and telephone headquarters, it is now occupied by Madrid City Council, serving as the city hall, and the public cultural centre CentroCentro.


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