Antonio Palacios Architect

Antonio Palacios Ramilo (8 January 1872 – 27 October 1945) was a Spanish architect, born in O Porriño, Galicia. A prolific architect, he is known for his design of the Palacio de Comunicaciones (Communications Palace) and Hotel Florida in Madrid, the Garcia Barbon Theatre in Vigo and many other works in those cities and places like Mondariz, Baiona or his home town O Porriño. He modernized the image of Madrid with some of the most emblematic buildings of the city: Circle of Fine Arts, Río de La Plata Bank, Banco Mercantil e Industrial, Maudes Hospital (a joint work with Joaquín Otamendi Machimbarrena), and constructed the first lines of Metro de Madrid, the subway, whose designs for the entrances still can be seen in the city center.

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Antonio Palacios
Birth dateJanuary 08, 1872
Birth place
Galicia (Spain) , Spain , O Porriño
Nationality
Spain
Date of deathOctober 27, 1945
Place of death
Spain , Madrid

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Significant building
Río de la Plata Bank
Hotel Florida (Madrid)
Cibeles Palace
Garc%C3%ADa Barb%C3%B3n Theater
Significant project
Madrid Metro

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