Alberto de Palacio y Elissague (1856-1939) was a Spanish engineer and architect born in Sare (

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) and grown up in

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.''Alberto de Palacio y Elissague''
, March 27, 2010 (Spanish) He studied architecture in

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and completed his education in

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, studying

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engineering Engineering is the use of scientific principles to design and build machines, structures, and other items, including bridges, tunnels, roads, vehicles, and buildings. The discipline of engineering encompasses a broad range of more speciali ...

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and

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.Madrid Histórico''Palaccio Elissague, Alberto del''
retrieved April 22, 2012 (Spanish) He was also a student & disciple of

Gustave Eiffel Alexandre Gustave Eiffel (born Bonickhausen dit Eiffel; ; ; 15 December 1832 – 27 December 1923) was a French civil engineer. A graduate of École Centrale des Arts et Manufactures, he made his name with various bridges for the French railway ...

Works

Between 1890 and 1893, he worked, together with his brother Silvestre de Palacio (engineer), on his most important project, the transporter bridge (''" Puente Colgante"'') on the Nervion river, between

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and

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(

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), for which he gained international recognition. It was the first bridge of this kind ever built. All his work is characterized for the search of the functionality and the innovation, where

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and

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play a noticeable role. He passed long seasons of work in

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where he: * Participated in the construction of the ''Palace of Velázquez'' in the Retiro Park, together with architect

Ricardo Velázquez Bosco Ricardo Velázquez Bosco (1843–1923) was a Spanish architect, archaeologist and scholar. Velázquez's most notable architecture was erected in Madrid, buildings such as the Palacio de Cristal and the Palacio de Velázquez (both in the Parque ...

, coordinator of the project, and the ceramicist

Daniel Zuloaga Daniel Zuloaga y Boneta (1852 – December 27, 1921) was a Spanish ceramist and painter. He is considered to be one of the innovators of art pottery in Spain. He worked primarily from his workshops in Madrid and Segovia, but his work extended th ...

(1881 and 1883). * Participated in the construction of the ''Crystal Palace'' (inspired by the London one) in the same park, again with architect Ricardo Velázquez Bosco, coordinator of the project, and ceramicist Daniel Zuloaga (1887). * Designed and built the new ''

Madrid Atocha railway station Madrid Atocha ( es, Estación de Madrid Atocha), also named Madrid Puerta de Atocha–Almudena Grandes, is the first major railway station in Madrid. It is the largest station serving commuter trains ( ''Cercanías''), regional trains from the ...

'', in collaboration with the engineer Saint-James (1889-1892). * Built the '' Osram factory'' (1914–1916). Image:Palacio de Cristal - Parque del Buen Retiro.jpg, The Crystal Palace at Retiro. Image:Palacio de Velazquez (Madrid) 01.jpg, Palace of Velázquez at Retiro. Image:Atocha1613.JPG, Atocha Station.

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Puente Colgante

Madrid works
1856 births 1939 deaths Spanish architects Structural engineers Spanish civil engineers People from Enkarterri People from Labourd French-Basque people 19th-century Spanish architects 20th-century Spanish architects Architects from the Basque Country (autonomous community) Polytechnic University of Catalonia alumni {{Spain-architect-stub