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OriginalCybele Palace, originally the headquarters of the postal service in Madrid. It was home to the Postal and Telegraphic Museum until 2007 when the building became the Madrid City Hall. It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1993. In the foreground is the Cibeles Fountain, which was named after the goddess Cybele and designed by Ventura Rodríguez between 1777 and 1782. Both are located in the Plaza de Cibeles.
Reason
High technical quality, good view of an important part of Spanish architecture
Articles in which this image appears
Cybele Palace, Plaza de Cibeles +3
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture
Creator
Carlos Delgado

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 00:23, 26 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]