Banco Bilbao Vizcaya (building)

Coordinates: 40°25′03″N 3°41′58″W / 40.417560°N 3.699531°W / 40.417560; -3.699531
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Banco Bilbao Vizcaya
LocationMadrid, Spain
Coordinates40°25′03″N 3°41′58″W / 40.417560°N 3.699531°W / 40.417560; -3.699531
Built1920–1923
ArchitectRicardo Bastida
Official nameBanco Bilbao Vizcaya
TypeNon-movable
CriteriaMonument
Designated1999
Reference no.RI-51-0010472
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya (building) is located in Spain
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya (building)
Location of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya in Spain

The 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.[citation needed] The rotunda features murals painted by Aurelio Arteta in 1922 and restored in 2003.

In popular culture[edit]

The final fight in the 2000 Spanish film La comunidad was shot among the quadrigas atop of the building.

Detail of the quadriga

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