Madrid’s improbable palace near the Fuente de Cibeles (“Cibeles Fountain”) is a relative newbie. The Palacio de Cibeles began its life as the city’s main post office and its telegraph & telephone headquarters—the Palacio de Comunicaciones (“Communications Palace”). Construction was started in A.D. 1907 and the building officially opened in

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The atrium behind the Palacio de Cibeles is open to pedestrians and can be accessed from the Calle de Alcalá or the Calle de Montalbán.