Antonio Palacios

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Not to be confused with Alberto Palacio.

Antonio Palacios Ramilo
Born	8 January 1872 O Porriño, Galicia, Spain
Died	27 October 1945(1945-10-27) (aged 73) El Plantío, Madrid, Spain
Nationality	Spanish

Buildings	Palacio de Comunicaciones, Río de La Plata Bank, García Barbón Theater, Hotel Florida
Projects	Metro de Madrid

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Palacios and the second or maternal family name is Ramilo.

Antonio Palacios Ramilo (8 January 1872 – 27 October 1945) was a Spanish architect, born in O Porriño, Galicia. A prolific architect, he is known for his design of the Palacio de Comunicaciones (Communications Palace) and Hotel Florida in Madrid, the Garcia Barbon Theatre in Vigo and many other works in those cities and places like Mondariz, Baiona or his home town O Porriño. He modernized the image of Madrid with some of the most emblematic buildings of the city: Circle of Fine Arts, Río de La Plata Bank, Banco Mercantil e Industrial, Maudes Hospital (a joint work with Joaquín Otamendi Machimbarrena), and constructed the first lines of Metro de Madrid, the subway, whose designs for the entrances still can be seen in the city center.

Palacio de Comunicaciones in Madrid

The Río de La Plata Bank in Madrid

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Name	Palacios, Antonio
Alternative names
Short description	Spanish architect
Date of birth	8 January 1872
Place of birth	O Porriño, Galicia, Spain
Date of death	27 October 1945
Place of death	El Plantío, Madrid, Spain

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