Banco Bilbao Vizcaya (building)

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya
Native name
Spanish: Banco Bilbao Vizcaya
Location Madrid, Spain
Coordinates 40°25′03″N 3°41′58″W / 40.417560°N 3.699531°W / 40.417560; -3.699531Coordinates: 40°25′03″N 3°41′58″W / 40.417560°N 3.699531°W / 40.417560; -3.699531
Built 1920 - 1923
Architect Ricardo Bastida
Official name: Banco Bilbao Vizcaya
Type Non-movable
Criteria Monument
Designated 1999
Reference no. RI-51-0010472
Location of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya in Spain

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.

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