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The building formerly housed the 360-room Hotel Plaza (later the Crowne Plaza Madrid City Centre), 300 offices, 184 apartments, [1] a shopping center, and a rooftop pool. Its profile, on Plaza de España at the end of the Gran Vía , complements the neighboring skyscraper Torre de Madrid, making the pair important architectural landmarks in the ...
5 Community of Madrid. 6 Valencian Community. 7 References. ... This is a list of notable hotels, current or former, in Spain ordered by autonomous region. The list ...
Lhardy is a restaurant located at Madrid in Spain, which was opened in 1839 by Emilio Huguenin Lhardy. [1] It was said to have introduced French haute cuisine to Madrid. [2] It has a deli and takeaway service on the ground floor and a formal restaurant on the second floor. [3]
Four Seasons Hotel Madrid has 200 hotel rooms, including 39 suites, two restaurants, a spa, meeting rooms, an indoor swimming pool and an expansive roof terrace. [12] The top floors of the building are reserved for 22 private luxury residences, where residents have access to all hotel services, which sell for at least €2.4 million. [13]
Casa Labra is a pub in Madrid located close to the Puerta del Sol that was established and has been open since 1860. It is famous for being the site for the foundation of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party by Pablo Iglesias on May 2, 1879.
The Real Casa de Correos witnessed major historical events in Madrid, such as the uprising of May 2, 1808. In the mid-nineteenth century, it was renamed to "de la Gobernación" because it was housing the Ministerio de Gobernación (Ministry of Home Affairs) from 1847, and a metal tower and a telegraph mirror were added, which would later be ...
The Mandarin Oriental Ritz, Madrid is a historic five star Belle Époque hotel in Madrid, Spain at No. 5 in Retiro district, next to the Prado Museum. Opened in 1910, it is owned and managed by the Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group. The hotel's façade is a listed national monument. [1]
On 12 April 1985, the El Descanso restaurant in Madrid, Spain was bombed in a terrorist attack. The explosion caused the three-story building to collapse, crashing down on about 200 diners and employees, killing 18 people, all Spanish citizens, and injuring 82 others, including eleven Americans working at the nearby Torrejón Air Base who frequented the restaurant.