PALACIO DE COMUNICACIONES
ARQUITECTOS ANTONIO PALACIOS JULIÁN OTAMENDI

[Illustration of the building]

EN 1904 SE CONVOCO UN CONCURSO NACIONAL PARA LA CONSTRUCCIÓN DE LA SEDE CENTRAL DE CORREOS Y TELEGRAFOS EL PROYECTO GANADOR, POR SUS CARACTURISTICAS Y DIMENSION MONIMENTAL, SE CONSTITUYE EN EL EDIFICIO MAS SINGULAR DE LA CIUDAD IN SU MOMENTO. SU PERSONAL DISENO, SUMA DE REFERENCIAS MEDILVAL IS RENAСENISIAS Y MODERNISTAS, LE CONFIERI A UN TIEMPO AIRE DI CATEDRAL, PALACIO Y CASTILLO
15A PLANTA NO OBSTANIL ES UNA MUESTRA DE PURA FUNCIONALIDAD. EN SUS ESPACIOS INTERIORES EL EFECTO DE LA LUZ SE RELACIONA ESTRECHAMENTE CON LA ESTURCTURA DE PERFILES
ROBLONADOS LA MAYOR Y MAS AMBICIOSA DE SU TIEMPO EN 1993 EUE DECLARDO BIEN DE INTERES CULTURAL

1904-1917

The magnificent building designed by Antonio Palacios and Joaquín Otamendi was built in 1919 to house the post and telegraph office. Today it serves as Madrid’s city hall.

The building was photographed on the same day Click for a larger image

Translation of the text on the sign:
PALACE OF COMMUNICATIONS
ARCHITECTS ANTONIO PALACIOS JULIÁN OTAMENDI

A national competition was announced for the construction of the central post and telegraph headquarters. The winning project, due to its characteristics and monumental size, was the most unique building in the city at its time. Its distinctive design, combining medieval, Renaissance, and modernist references, gave it the feel of a cathedral, a palace, and a castle at the same time. The 15th floor plan is an example of pure functionality. In its interior spaces, the effect of light is closely related to the structure of riveted profiles.
The largest and most ambitious of its time. In 1993, it was declared a Site of Cultural Interest.

1904-1917