Castellana 81

The Castellana 81 is a 107m skyscraper in , , within the financial district, and is currently the company's Madrid HQ. It was designed by the Spanish architect Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oiza, who won the private tender in 1971, convoked by the Banco de Bilbao, nowadays BBVA.
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  • Type: Office building
  • Description: high-rise building in Madrid
  • Also known as: “Edificio BBVA”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Santiago Bernabéu Stadium and Nuevos Ministerios.

Stadium
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The Bernabéu is a retractable roof football stadium in , Spain. With a seating capacity of 83,186 following its extensive renovation completed in late 2024, the stadium has the second-largest seating capacity for a football stadium in Spain, behind in Barcelona. is situated 680 metres northeast of Castellana 81.

Station
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is a major multimodal rail station on the Madrid Metro and the Cercanías Madrid commuter rail network. It is located beneath the government complex and the financial centre at the junction of the Paseo de la Castellana and Joaquín Costa and Raimundo Fernández Villaverde streets in , . is situated 110 metres south of Castellana 81.

Park
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The is a public square located in , Spain. It lies at the centre of the financial district. is situated 220 metres northwest of Castellana 81.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cuatro Caminos and El Viso.

Quarter
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is an administrative neighborhood of belonging to the district of Tetuán. It has an area of 1.193509 km2. As of 1 February 2020, it has a population of 35,395.

Quarter
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is a neighborhood of , part of the . Consisting mainly of residential detached houses, it is currently the wealthiest neighborhood of the Spanish capital, overtaking the .

Quarter
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is a neighborhood of belonging to the district of . It takes its name from Antonio de los , a 19th-century politician.

Castellana 81

Latitude
40.44761° or 40° 26′ 51″ north
Longitude
-3.69196° or 3° 41′ 31″ west
Height
108 metres (354 feet)
Open location code
8CGRC8X5+26
Open­Street­Map ID
way 11090048
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­office
Wiki­data ID
Q2916305
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Spanish—“Castellana 81” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Castellana 81”
  • Dutch: “Banco de Bilbao Tower”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كاستيلانا 81”
  • Esperanto: “Castellana 81”
  • Esperanto: “Turo de Banko Bilbao”
  • Hebrew: “מגדל BBVA”
  • Hebrew: “מגדל בנק בילבאו”
  • Hebrew: “קסטיאנה 81”
  • Italian: “Castellana 81”
  • Polish: “Castellana 81”
  • Polish: “Torre del Banco de Bilbao”
  • Portuguese: “Castellana 81”
  • Portuguese: “Edifício BBVA”
  • Portuguese: “Torre bbva”
  • Spanish: “Castellana 81”
  • Spanish: “Torre del Banco de Bilbao”
  • Spanish: “Torre del BBVA”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Oficina Española de Patentes y Marcas and Oficina de Correos.

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