Banco Bilbao Vizcaya (building)

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya
Location	Madrid, Spain
Coordinates	40°25′03″N 3°41′58″W / 40.417560°N 3.699531°W / 40.417560; -3.699531
Built	1920–1923
Architect	Ricardo Bastida
Spanish Cultural Heritage
Official name	Banco Bilbao Vizcaya
Type	Non-movable
Criteria	Monument
Designated	1999
Reference no.	RI-51-0010472
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

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

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