The Plaza de Cibeles is a square with a neo-classical complex of marble sculptures with fountains that has become a symbol for the city of

Madrid Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the Largest cities of the Europ ...

. It sits at the intersection of Calle de Alcalá (running from east to west),

Paseo de Recoletos Paseo de Recoletos is a wide boulevard in central Madrid leading from Plaza de Cibeles to Plaza de Colón. From west to east it consists of: * Two southward lanes * The pedestrian walk * A southward bus lane * Three southward lanes * Three nort ...

(to the North) and

Paseo del Prado The Paseo del Prado is one of the main boulevards in Madrid, Spain. It runs north–south between the Plaza de Cibeles and the Plaza del Emperador Carlos V (also known as Plaza de Atocha), with the Plaza de Cánovas del Castillo (the locati ...

(to the south). Plaza de Cibeles was originally named Plaza de Madrid, but in 1900, the City Council named it Plaza de Castelar, which was eventually replaced by its current name. It is currently delimited by four prominent buildings: the Bank of Spain Building, the Palacio de Buenavista, the

Palace of Linares The Palace of Linares (Spanish: ''Palacio de Linares'') is a palace located in Madrid, Spain. It was declared national historic-artistic monument (precursor of the status of ''Bien de Interés Cultural A Bien de Interés Cultural is a category o ...

("Palacio de Linares"), and the

Cybele Palace Cibeles Palace ( Spanish: ''Palacio de Cibeles''), formally known as Palacio de Comunicaciones (''Palace of Communications'') and Palacio de Telecomunicaciones (''Palace of Telecommunications'') until 2011, is a complex composed of two building ...

("Palacio de Cibeles"). These constructions are located in four different

neighbourhood A neighbourhood (British English, Irish English, Australian English and Canadian English) or neighborhood (American English; American and British English spelling differences, see spelling differences) is a geographically localised community ...

s from three different adjacent

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, Retiro, and

Salamanca Salamanca () is a city in western Spain and is the capital of the Province of Salamanca in the autonomous community of Castile and León. The city lies on several rolling hills by the Tormes River. Its Old City was declared a UNESCO World Herit ...

. Over the years, Cybele Palace and her fountain have become symbolic monuments of the city.

Cibeles Fountain

The fountain of Cybele is found in the part of Madrid commonly called the

. This fountain is named after

Cybele Cybele ( ; Phrygian language, Phrygian: ''Matar Kubileya/Kubeleya'' "Kubileya/Kubeleya Mother", perhaps "Mountain Mother"; Lydian language, Lydian ''Kuvava''; el, Κυβέλη ''Kybele'', ''Kybebe'', ''Kybelis'') is an Anatolian mother godde ...

, a Phrygian goddess. The fountain is traditionally the place where

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celebrate their team victories, with the team captain placing a Real Madrid flag and scarf on the statue.The players and thousands of fans celebrated the Champions League won together
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Cybele Palace

The most prominent of the buildings at the Plaza de Cibeles is the Cybele Palace (formerly named Palace of Communication), which is the seat of the Madrid City Council.

Gallery

File:Cibeles fountain naknaknak.jpg, Statue of

by Francisco Gutiérrez Arribas File:Palacio de Comunicaciones - 47.jpg, Palace of Communications File:Plaza_de_Cibeles_(Madrid)_12.jpg, Night view of the Plaza, with the
Metropolis Building Plaza de Cibeles (Madrid) 02.jpg, View from the Calle de Alcalá

References

External links

*https://web.archive.org/web/20080321233956/http://www.picable.com/Architecture/Buildings/Palacio-De-Comunicaciones-in-Madrid.48307
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