The Banco Bilbao Vizcaya (formerly ''Banco de Bilbao'') is a building located at

Calle de Alcalá Calle de Alcalá is among the longest streets in Madrid. It starts at the Puerta del Sol and goes on for , to the northeastern outskirts of the city. Henry David Inglis described it in 1837 as "long, of superb width, and flanked by a splendid rang ...

, 16, in

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. 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

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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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