Simple, elegant, with a long history, and constructed at the height of 19th-century architecture, few buildings in Madrid have evolved as successfully and harmoniously as the headquarters of the Banco de España (The Bank of Spain). Located in the iconic setting of the Plaza de Cibeles, its construction was approved at the end of 1883 and the first phase was completed in 1891. Eduardo de Adaro was its main architect, (assisted initially by Severiano Sainz de la Lastra and, after his death, by José María de Aguilar y Vela).
