MADRID    

PALACE

MAIN POST AND TELEGRAPH OFFICE

The Communications Palace in Plaza de Cibeles was inaugurated in 1919 and is one of the most iconic buildings in 20th-century Spanish architecture.

The project was carried out by the architects Antonio Palacios Ramilo (O Porriño, 1874 – Madrid, 1945) and Joaquín Otamendi Machimbarrena (San Sebastián, 1874 – Madrid, 1960).

Designed as the main headquarters of the Spanish Post and Telegraph Service, the building became a symbol of the modernization of communications in Spain and an architectural reference for numerous post office buildings later constructed in cities across the country.

Its monumental architecture, with its eclectic and monumental style, is one of the masterpieces of Spanish public architecture.