Metropolis Madrid
by Joan Carroll
Title
Metropolis Madrid
Artist
Joan Carroll
Medium
Photograph - Digital Art
Description
Keep your head up while walking along Gran Via in Madrid, Spain! (Head up, but hands firmly on your camera and your wallet). Street level is the hustle and bustle of the modern city but high up is the beauty of another era. The Metropolis Building or Edificio Metropolis is an office building at the corner of the Calle de Alcala and Gran Via. Inaugurated in 1911, it was designed by Jules and Raymond Fevrier for the insurance company La Union y el Fenix. They gave the building a French, Beaux-Arts style, which was quite unusual at the time. The ground level is topped by ornate colonnaded upper floors. The columns support 4 statues representing Mining, Agriculture, Industry and Commerce, made by Saint Marceaux and L. Lambert. At the foot of the dome is a statue sculpted by D. Mariano Benlliure. The rounded tower is covered with 30000 leaves of 24 carat gold. In 1972 Metropolis Seguros acquired the building. They understood that it was one of Madrid's landmarks and should be maintained, and step by step they have refurbished and cleaned the facade.
FEATURED PHOTO, Spain Photography and Paints group, 2/13/15
FEATURED PHOTO, Spain and The Iberian Peninsula group, 1/29/15
FEATURED PHOTO, Spanish Theme Artwork Group, 1/27/15
FEATURED PHOTO, Urban Images group, 1/26/15
FEATURED PHOTO, The Road To Self Promotion group, 1/26/15
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January 26th, 2015
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