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Bank of Spain Building (Pontevedra)

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In June 2010, the Spanish government undertook a complete renovation of the building, to install different provincial offices of the state administration: foreigners (ground floor), agriculture and fisheries (first floor), coasts (second and third floor) and telecommunications (attic). The over attic
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floor slabs. The building incorporated several additions of attics and over attics. The new offices were inaugurated on 2 April 1949. Only the ground floor was used for the bank's offices, where the operations yard and the semi-basement, with the vault, were located. The rest of the floors were used
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The licence was requested for use as a branch of the Bank of Spain in 1901. The architect who designed the building was José Fermín de Astiz Bárcena, who became the architect of the Bank of Spain in 1899 and who designed other branches in other Spanish capitals such as
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The building has an area of 2859 square metres, divided into a basement, ground floor, three floors and attic. It also has a garden with trees and a glass pergola. The interior of the building is structured around a central courtyard with a glass
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had in the 19th century a branch in the city of Pontevedra, located since 1886 in the central house on the west side of Teucro Square, at number 8. Construction work on the new Bank of Spain building in the city began on 1 November 1900.
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Between 1945 and 1949, the building underwent a major renovation according to the architectural project of Romualdo de Madariaga y CĂ©spedes. It was the origin of its new structure built in reinforced concrete both in pillars and
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fly on the balcony of the building. The stone elements that frame and decorate the windows on the façades have geometric decoration at the top, which ends in
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of this entity in the city, which was closed in 2004 and currently houses the provincial offices of the peripheral state administration in Pontevedra.
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The building has great symmetry and solemnity in its facades. The main doorway ends in a semi-circular arch with an upper stone balcony on
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The Bank of Spain closed its headquarters in the city, as it has done in many other Spanish provincial capitals, on 31 December 2004.
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These services were joined at the rear, with an entrance through the courtyard, by the identity card issuing office of the
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It is an example of the administrative architecture of the Spanish State from the beginning of the 20th century, in an
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Building of the Official Association of Building Engineers and Technical Architects of Pontevedra
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Higher School for the Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Property in Galicia
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El edificio de la antigua sucursal del Banco de España en Jerez de la Frontera
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on 16 May 2016. More than 100 government employees work in this building.
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that provides diaphanousness and spatial continuity on each floor.
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Façade of the former Bank of Spain in Fernández Villaverde street
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Moreno Arana, José Manuel (2017). "Boletín de Arte nº37 2016".
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The Banco de España building in Pontevedra is located at 28
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was demolished and the roof of the attic was landscaped.
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Pontevedra
Coordinates
42°25′53.0″N 8°38′45.0″W / 42.431389°N 8.645833°W / 42.431389; -8.645833
eclectic
Pontevedra
headquarters
Michelena Street
old town
Bank of Spain
Logroño
Valencia
Badajoz
Oviedo
A Coruña
Santander
beams
joist
Spanish National Police Corps
Ministry of Interior
skylight
eclectic style
corbels
European Union
segmental arches
Main facade
Facades
Detail of the side façade
Entrance
Rear facade

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