The Cibeles and CentroCentro of Madrid, part II !!!

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We are back to my dear Spain again !! love it !! We came by car of course and took time to see new areas and old repeat as could not be in Spain without stopping in my Madrid! I came again with my boys and dog Rex, and it was a thrill as usual! I like to tell you more of Madrid to heaven and a hole in the sky to look down on it everyday !!! Let me take you to Cibeles and CentroCentro of Madrid , part II !!! Do read my other post on it in my blog, Sit back and enjoy with me the next several posts ; and hope you enjoy it as I.

Madrid palacio de Cibeles city hall of Madrid jun24

The city of Madrid is the capital of the kingdom of Spain, and located in the Comunidad de Madrid region From my latest escapes it is 211 km from Valladolid City , 198 km from our rental house in Velliza, 183 km from Tordesillas, 172 km from Rueda, 159 km from Medina del Campo, 199 km from Simancas, We made long walks all over the City , and took the metro when necessary, three times. I love to tell you of our latest escape to the wonderful City, for the memories of always and return, eventually.

The Palacio de Cibeles (also called in my time in the City the Telecommunications Palace or telephone and post office) or the newer CentroCentro  is a complex consisting of two white-fronted buildings. They stand on one side of the Plaza de Cibeles in the Jerónimos  neighborhood , district of Retiro, and occupy around 30,000 square meters of what were the former Jardines del Buen Retiro. The building consists of five floors in total. The block in which the palace building is located is limited to the North with Calle de Alcalá (my street !),to the South by Calle Montalbán , to the East by Calle Alfonso XII  and to the West by Paseo del Prado. You get here on metro line 2 Banco de Espana !

Madrid CentroCentro ceiling left jun24

Since my time there have been lots of reforms as from my time was the main post office building ! Now, is the home of the Mayor of the City of Madrid as well as the cultural area called “CentroCentro”. The main access gives rise to the Hall Principal or main hall, a large space in the heart of the Cibeles building in the form of a lobby. The set is divided into two buildings separated by the Pasaje de Alarcón passage , which is currently covered by glass vaults.  The best here now is accessing the central tower or Mirador of about 70 meters on floor no 8  that is opened to the public , and use it as a mirador or lookout of the city for a small fee. In the courtyard, at both ends, two social areas have been created, dedicated to citizen information and a reading room. There is now an exhibition space called  CentroCentro,  this space is incorporated with a couple of exhibition halls and an auditorium with capacity for a little more than three hundred people. In the central tower there is a huge electric clock face of about three meters in diameter that lights up at night ,and officially replacing the Puerta del Sol clock. There continuos exhibitions been held here even one lately until july 2024 on Notre Dame Cathedral of Paris !

Madrid CentroCentro ceiling right jun24

The Palace of Cibeles has three restaurants but unless you are dying hunger they are too touristic and overprice, we do not go to them, For info, they are the Café Cibeles, Cornamusa Cibeles  , and on the rooftop the Azotea Cibeles.

The official CentroCentro cultural center :  https://www.centrocentro.org/en/exhibitions

The Madrid tourist office on CentroCentro : https://www.esmadrid.com/en/tourist-information/centrocentro

There you go folks , another wonderful nostalgic, sentimental trip to my dear Spain, Madrid is always nostalgic sentimental words cannot describe it ! This is a vibrant cosmopolitan cities of friendly faces and smiles to share in long conversations about life and more ; I love it, We will be back ,eventually!, Again, hope you enjoy this post on the Cibeles and CentroCentro of Madrid, part II !!! as I

And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!

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I am a lover of travels to Europe , Americas , Africa and Asia as well ,who like to share my experiences of the last 53 years with the world, visiting so far 81 countries; living in 6, working in 5, and Citizen of 4, speaking fluently 4 languages. I can deal with sports especially football/soccer and love music, arts, wine collector/drinker, and go out to restaurants, and just visit the world. My background comes all the way from Candelaria and Pajara in Tenerife, Spain where my grandparents came from ;not knowing each other then, to Punta Brava, west of Havana, Cuba. There , my parents born in Cuba met and later on I was born there too. 100% guanche (annexed Tenerife to Spain on April 10 ,1496). I left Cuba as many have to Madrid, Spain where I lived for 4 years. Then, move to Perth Amboy ,New Jersey USA (living there 13 yrs) ; where I completed high school, became a US Citizen, learned to drive a car, and learned English. Afterward, went to the university in Florida, ERAU, and upon graduation decided to moved there to Ormond by the Sea, near Daytona Beach, finally moving North Miami, then Hialeah, then another moved to Silver Lakes division in Miramar, Broward county, Florida; in Florida I lived a total of 18 years. Finally , moved to France in 2003 ,Versailles call me for its royalty, and working in Paris was great. It was time to seek frontiers again and moved to Brech near Auray, Morbihan in Brittany , and later move to not too far Pluvigner. Total so far in France has been 20 years, and counting. Moving average a home every 5.5 years hopefully this will be my last. Cheers All rights reserved. No part of this blog may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the written permission of the copyright holder, me. No part of this work may be modified, without the written permission of the holder, me.No part of this work may be exposed to public view in any form or by any means, without identifying the holder as the author, and with the before mentioned permission.

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