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Palacio De La Prensa
The Palacio de la Prensa is a brick-clad building in Madrid, Spain. History and description It is located in the Gran Vía, near the Callao Square, in the Universidad neighborhood. Commissioned by the Madrid Press Association (APM) to serve as corporative headquarters, the building was designed by Pedro Muguruza. The first sketches date from 1924. It was intended to provide a mixed use, including apartments for rent, offices, a movie theatre (ultimately located in the northern end of the plot) and a concert hall. The three different volumes the building features convey this circumstance. The 16-floor southern tower rises to a height of 58 metres. Buildings works started on 11 July 1925. Works finished by 1929. The building opened on 2 January 1930 with a projection of ''The Way of All Flesh'', although it was formally inaugurated on 7 April 1930. After mortgaging the building because of huge debts accumulated during the Francoist dictatorship Francoist Spain ( es, Es ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gran Vía, Madrid
The Gran Vía ("Great Way") street is a street in central Madrid, Spain. It leads from Calle de Alcalá, close to Plaza de Cibeles, to Plaza de España. The street, sometimes referred to as the "Spanish Broadway", is one of the city's most important shopping areas, with a large number of hotels and large movie theatres; however, since the late 2000s, many of these theatres have been replaced by shopping centres. The Gran Vía serves as a showcase of early 20th-century revival architecture, with architectural styles ranging from Vienna Secession style, Plateresque, Neo-Mudéjar, Art Deco, among others. History Conception In the mid 19th century, Madrid's urban planners determined that a new thoroughfare should be created, connecting the Calle de Alcalá with the Plaza de España – similar to Haussmann's renovation of Paris. The projects called for the demolition of many buildings in the centre of the city, earning the project the name of 'an axe blow on the map'. Decades a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madrid
Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and its monocentric metropolitan area is the third-largest in the EU.United Nations Department of Economic and Social AffairWorld Urbanization Prospects (2007 revision), (United Nations, 2008), Table A.12. Data for 2007. The municipality covers geographical area. Madrid lies on the River Manzanares in the central part of the Iberian Peninsula. Capital city of both Spain (almost without interruption since 1561) and the surrounding autonomous community of Madrid (since 1983), it is also the political, economic and cultural centre of the country. The city is situated on an elevated plain about from the closest seaside location. The climate of Madrid features hot summers and cool winters. The Madrid urban agglomeration has the second-large ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pedro Muguruza
Pedro Muguruza Otaño (1893–1952) was a Spanish architect and Falangist politician. Biography Born in Madrid on 25 May 1893, his family came from Elgoibar (Gipuzkoa). He earned an architecture degree from the School of Architecture of Madrid in 1916, where he met other future notable architects such as Secundino Zuazo, Leopoldo Torres Balbás or Luis Gutiérrez Soto. He gained a reputation as an exceptional draughtsman when he studied at the School of Architecture. A sports enthusiast, he played goalkeeper for Atlético de Madrid. In 1917, soon after graduating, Muguruza started to work as lecturer at the School of Architecture thanks to a proposal by Ricardo Velázquez Bosco, and, in March 1920, he finally obtained a Chair of "Projects of Architectural and Ornamental Details". He married Mercedes Peironcely y Puig de la Bellacasa in 1921. They had no issue. Among the projects he authored in the 1920s: the France Station in Barcelona (1923), the Palacio de la Prensa in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gran Vía (Madrid)
Gran Via may refer to: * Gran Vía del Escultor Francisco Salzillo (Murcia), Gran Vía, street in Murcia; la millor del mon * Estación de Gran Vía, metro station in Madrid * Gran Vía de Colón, street in Granada; * Gran Vía (Madrid), Gran Vía, street in Madrid; * Gran Vía (Zaragoza), Gran Vía, street in Zaragoza; * Gran Vía de Don Diego López de Haro, street in Bilbao; * Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, known as Gran Via, street in Barcelona; * Granvia l'Hospitalet, a major business district of Barcelona; * Gran Via Productions, a film production company founded by producer Mark Johnson (producer), Mark Johnson. La Gran Vía may also refer to: * ''La Gran Vía,'' a Spanish Zarzuela * Lifestyle Center La Gran Via, a shopping mall {{disambiguation, road ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Callao Square
The Callao Square ( es, plaza del Callao) is located at the centre of the Spanish capital of Madrid. History and description Shaped in 1861, the square was formally opened in June 1866; its name remembers the May 1866 battle of Callao between the Spanish naval forces under the command of Casto Méndez Núñez and the Peruvian army. The square was substantially and aggressively reformed in the 21st century.; The reform removed nearly all elements present by that time, except the Callao (Madrid Metro), metro station access and a big tree, turning the square into a Pedestrian zone, pedestrian and homogeneous space, while adding a limited number of pieces of urban furniture. Conversely, big screens were added to the surrounding buildings. Located in a very commercial area of the city, the pedestrian space is often for rent to companies wanting to carry out advertising events. See also * Piccadilly Circus * Times Square * Yonge-Dundas Square * Shibuya References ;Citations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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