page_title: Cybele Palace
section_title: The building: a long process
hierarchical_section_title: Cybele Palace / History / The building: a long process
caption_attribution_description: Español: Tragaluz del Palacio de Comunicaciones, situado en la Plaza de Cibeles de Madrid, España. El edificio, uno de los símbolos de la capital, fue inaugurado en 1919 como sede de la Sociedad Estatal Correos y Telégrafos. El diseño del edificio fue obra de Antonio Palacios y Joaquín Otamendi y hoy alberga dependencias municipales del Ayuntamiento de Madrid. English: Skylight in the Cybele Palace or Palace of Communication, located on the Plaza de Cibeles, Madrid, Spain. The building, one of the landmarks of Spain's capital, was inaugurated in 1919 as headquarters of the Spanish postal and telecommunications service (Correos). The building was designed by Antonio Palacios and Joaquín Otamendi. Today the building is seat of the City Council. Polski: Świetlik w&#160;Pałacu Kybele, nazywanym też Paładem Telekomunukacji lub Pałacem Komunikacji, położonym na&#160;Placu Kybele w&#160;Madrycie, w&#160;Hiszpanii. Budynek, który jest jednym z&#160;symboli hiszpańskiej stolicy, został otwary w&#160; 1919 roku jako siedziba hiszpańskiej poczty (Correos). Został zaprojektowany przez Antonio Palaciosa i&#160;Joaquína Otamendi’ego. Od&#160;2011 roku jest siedzibą rady miasta. Čeština: Prosklený strop v budově Palacio de Comunicaciones na náměstí Plaza de Cibeles v Madridu. Magyar: A kommunikációk palotájának üvegmennyezete. Az épületet mint postai és telekommunikációs központot 1919-ben nyitották meg. Tervezte Antonio Palacios és Joaquín Otamendi. Ma a városi képviselő-testület székhelye (Plaza de Cibeles, Madrid, Spanyolország) Italiano: Lucernario nel Palazzo di Cibele o Palazzo delle Comunicazioni, ubicato nella Plaza de Cibeles, Madrid, Spagna. L'edificio, uno dei simboli della capitale spagnola, fu inaugurato nel 1919 come sede del servizio postale e di telecomunicazioni spagnolo (Correos). L'edificio fu progettato da Antonio Palacios e da Joaquín Otamendi. Oggi l'edificio è sede del consiglio comunale. 한국어: 스페인 마드리드 시벨레스 광장에 위치한 시벨레스궁 (소통의 궁전) 의 채광창. 스페인 수도의 랜드마크 중 하나인 이 건물은 스페인 우정 및 통신 공사 본부 (코레오스)로 1919년에 개관하였고, 안토니오 팔라시오스와 호아킨 오타멘디가 설계했다. 현재 이 건물에는 시 의회가 위치한다. Македонски: Витражна таваница во Дворецот на Кибела во Мадрид. Эрзянь: Cybele Palace эли Связень Инязоронь кудо (Palace of Communication), кона ашти Plaza de Cibeles, Мадрид, Испания. Кудонть ульнесь стявтозь-путозь 1919 иестэ, кода Испанонь почтань ды телекоммоникациянь (Correos) штаб-кудокс. Кудонть арсцякс ульнесть Антонио Паласиос ды Хоакин Отаменди. Nederlands: Glazen dak van het Palacio de Cibeles, ooit het hoofdpostkantoor en tegenwoordig het gemeentehuis van de Spaanse hoofdstad Madrid Português: Claraboia do Palácio de Cibeles ou Palácio das Comunicações, localizado na Praça de Cibeles de Madri, Espanha. O edifício, um dos marcos da capital espanhola, foi inaugurado em 1919 como sede da Sociedade Estatal de Correios e Telégrafos. O edifício foi projetado por Antonio Palacios e Joaquín Otamendi e é hoje a sede da Prefeitura de Madri.
context_page_description: Cibeles Palace, formally known as Palacio de Comunicaciones and Palacio de Telecomunicaciones until 2011, is a complex composed of two buildings with white facades and is located in one of the historical centres of Madrid, Spain. Formerly the city's main post office and telegraph and telephone headquarters, it is now occupied by Madrid City Council, serving as the city hall, and the public cultural centre CentroCentro.
context_section_description: The building took twelve years to complete. During this time, it was subjected to delays, superstitions, and various disputes. The project was approved in 1905 with construction commencing in 1907. The official opening was in 1919. After the approval of the design, the construction was interrupted and slowed down for a few years due to resistance and political struggles in the period. There were political instability and interests at that time that gave rise to the transfer of municipal sites. The Chamber of Commerce in Madrid requested cancellation of the project and called for a new competition. The construction came to a halt for two years during the time the Liberal Party was in government. The construction processes for the new post office began with the arrival of the Conservative Party. During these processes, J. Otamendi tackled two other projects in the capital. In 1908 he began the Hospital of Maudes in the neighbourhood of Cuatro Caminos and in 1910 the headquarters for the Banco Español del Río de la Plata in the neighbourhood of Alcalá.
  The work officially commenced on 12 September 1907. The works were awarded to the Toran and Harguindey Society. The engineer Ángel Chueca Sainz was in charge of calculating the new building's metal structures, Chueca Sainz was the father of the distinguished architect Fernando Chueca Goitia. The construction started quickly and the people gave it the humorous name ‘Nuestra Señora de las Comunicaciones’ (Our Lady of Communications) because of its monumental character and size. In 1916 it first opened its doors to the Public Postal Savings Bank (Caja Postal de Ahorros) despite the building not being completed until 1918. The construction materials required quickly brought the el Paseo del Prado to a standstill as between one thousand five hundred and two thousand tons of iron, seven thousand cubic meters of stone and a huge quantity of bricks were required. Groups of artists and artisans were organised by the sculptor Ángel García. Among them were the ceramist Daniel Zuloaga, who suspended his involvement and Manuel Ramos Rejano, from the Sevillian ceramists, sculpted the interior decoration.
  By 1916, many of the finished façade elements were visible to passers-by from the street below. The media announced that Francos Rodríguez (as Director General of Communication) and Santiago Alba (as Minister of the Interior) were to visit the construction. Interior building works were concluding between 1916 and 1918. The cost of the building was at the time twelve million pesetas, almost three times the initial amount proposed.
caption: A view of one of the glass domes from the inside
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