Banco de España photos

These are photos around the Banco de España metro station at Cibeles square. It's west of Puerta de Alcalá and Retiro, east of Alcalá street, north of the Prado museum, southeast of . The northeast corner has Army headquarters, the southeast corner has the Bank of Spain and the southwest corner has the main post office.

  

"Palacio de Correos" - Photographer: San Roman, Jorge E.

The statue of Cibeles, the goddess of fertility. When the Madrid soccer (football) team Real Madrid wins a big game, all the fans meet here afterwards.

The statue of Cibeles in the foreground on the right and you can see the Metropolis building in the center. The Gran Via leads off to the right and Puerta del Sol is up to the left about half a kilometre.

(CC) Plaza de Cibeles by BeaMillion originally posted on Flickr

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Cibeles in Google Maps Photos. Take a virtual walk around the area. Pan around with the camera.

Just the lions.

Cibeles

Wikipedia Plaza de Cibeles

Palacio de las Comunicaciones

South of Cibeles on the Paseo del Prado

This was a temporary exposition.

Southwest of Banco de España