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The City Council of Madrid (Spanish: Ayuntamiento de Madrid) is the top-tier administrative and governing body of Madrid, the capital and biggest city of Spain.. The city council is composed by three bodies; the mayor who leads the city council and the executive branch of it, the governing council (Junta de Gobierno) which is the main body of the executive branch composed by the mayor and the ...
Very little medieval architecture is preserved in Madrid, and most of it is located inside the Almendra Central.Historical documents show that the city was walled and had a castle (the Alcázar) in the same place where the Royal Palace now stands.
The Plaza de Cibeles is a square with a neo-classical complex of marble sculptures with fountains that has become a symbol for the city of Madrid. It sits at the intersection of Calle de Alcalá (running from east to west), Paseo de Recoletos (to the North) and Paseo del Prado (to the south). Plaza de Cibeles was originally named Plaza de ...
The works began in 1915 and ended officially in 1917. They achieved a Special Mention in the Madrid City Council Awards for the "Best Constructed Buildings of year 1917". [3] From that same year, multiple commercial firms occupied the eight spaces reserved for this purpose that were on the ground floor and the mezzanine. The rest of the floors ...
At the student's residence in Madrid he became the friend of like-minded young men such as Salvador Dalí, Federico García Lorca, Luis Buñuel and Rafael Alberti. [4] He completed his studies of architecture as an outstanding graduate when he was 24. [4] García Lomas proposed Martí as architect for the Madrid City Council.
It then became part of Santander Group's assets as the two entities merged and was eventually sold to the Madrid City Council, which was subsequently exchanged with the Spanish Government in 2003 in exchange for the Palacio de Comunicaciones (another building designed by Palacios). It is included in the Catalog of Protected Buildings of the ...
Gold Medal of the City of Toledo (Toledo City Council, 1998) [2] Iberoamerican Biennial of Architecture and Civil Engineering (1998) Quality Award for Aesthetics (Community of Madrid, 1998) VIII Edition of the COAG Architecture Award: Best New Plant Buildings (Official College of Architects of Galicia, 1998) [10] National Architecture Award ...
Matadero Madrid is a project promoted by Madrid City Council's Department of the Arts and managed by the Directorate General for Cultural Projects through Matadero Madrid's coordination team, in collaboration with other public and private organizations.