Longoria Palace

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The Palace of Longoria (Spanish: Palacio de Longoria) is an Art Nouveau palace[citation needed] that the politician and financier Francisco Javier González Longoria ordered to be built in the district of Chueca, on Fernando VI street, in the city of Madrid, Spain.[1] Together with the House of Gallardo (Spanish: Casa Gallardo) in the Plaza de España, it is Madrid's most notable example of modernist architecture.[citation needed]

LocationMadrid, Spain
Coordinates40.425395°N 3.69657°W / 40.425395; -3.69657
Built1902-1904
ArchitectJosé Grases Riera
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Palace of Longoria
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Palacio de Longoria (Spanish)
LocationMadrid, Spain
Coordinates40.425395°N 3.69657°W / 40.425395; -3.69657
Built1902-1904
ArchitectJosé Grases Riera
Official namePalacio Longoria
TypeNon-movable
CriteriaMonument
Designated1996
Reference no.RI-51-0009569
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Longoria contracted the Catalán architect José Grases Riera to design and build it in 1902. It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1996 and is currently the headquarters of the Sociedad General de Autores y Editores (SGAE).[2]

Detail: a palace balcony
Central staircase. Longoria's Palace, Madrid

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