city hall Palacio de Comunicaciones
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.Photo: Kadellar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Fernando García, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Public building
- Description: Palace, Headquarters of the Municipality of Madrid and cultural property, Spain
- Also known as: “Ayuntamiento de Madrid”, “Cybele Palace”, “Palace of Communication”, “Palace of Cybele”, and “Palacio de Cibeles”
- Address: Madrid
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Biblioteca Nacional de España and Naval Museum of Madrid.
Biblioteca Nacional de España
Library
The Biblioteca Nacional de España is the national library of Spain. It is the largest public library in the country, and one of the largest in the world. Biblioteca Nacional de España is situated 570 metres north of city hall Palacio de Comunicaciones.
Naval Museum of Madrid
Museum
Photo: Fernando, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Naval Museum is a naval museum in Madrid, Spain, devoted to the history of the Spanish Navy since the Catholic Monarchs, in the 15th century, up to the present. Naval Museum of Madrid is situated 150 metres south of city hall Palacio de Comunicaciones.
Puerta de Alcalá
Photo: Enric, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Puerta de Alcalá is a Neo-classical gate in the Plaza de la Independencia in Madrid, Spain. It was a gate of the former Walls of Philip IV. It stands near the city center and several meters away from the main entrance to the Parque del Buen Retiro. Puerta de Alcalá is situated 300 metres northeast of city hall Palacio de Comunicaciones.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jerónimos and Justicia.
Jerónimos
Quarter
Photo: Brian Adamson, CC BY 2.0.
Los Jerónimos is an administrative neighborhood of Madrid belonging to the district of Retiro. It is 1.900627 km² in size. The Retiro Park, the Town Hall and the Prado Museum are located within its limits.
Justicia
Quarter
Justicia is a ward of Madrid belonging to the district of Centro. It contains the neighborhoods of Chueca and Salesas.
Cortes
Quarter
Photo: Ricardo Ricote Rodríguez, CC BY 2.0.
Cortes is an administrative ward of Madrid belonging to the district of Centro.
city hall Palacio de Comunicaciones
- Categories: casa consistorial, palace, monument, building, and government building
- Location: Retiro, Madrid, Madrid, Community of Madrid, Central Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
40.41884° or 40° 25′ 8″ northLongitude
-3.69194° or 3° 41′ 31″ westElevation
668 metres (2,192 feet)Inception
1919Open location code
8CGRC895+G6OpenStreetMap ID
way 16322055OpenStreetMap feature
building=publicOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yes
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“city hall Palacio de Comunicaciones” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قصر ثيبيليس”
- Basque: “Madrilgo Komunikabideen Jauregia”
- Bavarian: “Palacio de Cibeles”
- Belarusian: “палац Цыбэле”
- Catalan: “Palacio de Comunicaciones”
- Catalan: “Palau de Cibeles de Madrid”
- Catalan: “Palau de Comunicacions de Madrid”
- Catalan: “Palau de Comunicacions”
- Chinese: “西贝莱斯宫”
- Chinese: “通信宫”
- Dutch: “Palacio de Cibeles”
- Dutch: “Palacio de Comunicaciones”
- Esperanto: “Palaco de Komunikaĵoj”
- French: “Palacio de Comunicaciones”
- French: “Palais de Cybèle”
- French: “Palais des Cibeles”
- French: “Palais des Communications”
- Galician: “Palacio de Cibeles”
- Galician: “Palacio de Comunicaciones de Madrid”
- Galician: “Palacio de Comunicacións de Madrid”
- Galician: “Palacio de Comunicacións”
- Galician: “Palacio de Telecomunicacións de Madrid”
- Galician: “Palacio de Telecomunicacións”
- German: “Palacio de Cibeles”
- German: “Palacio de Comunicaciones”
- German: “Rathaus von Madrid”
- Italian: “Palazzo delle Comunicazioni”
- Italian: “Palazzo di Cibele”
- Japanese: “シベレ宮殿”
- Korean: “시벨레스 궁전”
- Korean: “시벨레스궁”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Palacio de Cibeles”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Palacio de Comunicaciones”
- Persian: “کاخ سیبل”
- Portuguese: “Palácio das Comunicações”
- Portuguese: “Palácio de Cibeles”
- Spanish: “ayuntamiento de Madrid”
- Spanish: “Espacio CentroCentro de Cibeles”
- Spanish: “Palacio de Cibeles”
- Spanish: “Palacio de Comunicaciones actual ayuntamiento de Madrid)”
- Spanish: “Palacio de Comunicaciones de Madrid”
- Spanish: “Palacio de Comunicaciones”
- Spanish: “palacio de Correos”
- Spanish: “Palacio de las Comunicaciones”
- Spanish: “Palacio de Telecomunicaciones”
- Turkish: “Cibeles Sarayı”
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