Antonio Palacios Ramilo (8 January 1872 – 27 October 1945) was a Spanish

Spain

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 architect

Architect

An architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...

, born in O Porriño

O Porriño

O Porriño is a municipality in Galicia, Spain in the province of Pontevedra.It is an industrial town, in the metropolitan area of Vigo, of which it is an important economic dependency. One of its main industries is granite production...

, Galicia. A prolific architect, he is known for his design of the Palacio de Comunicaciones (Communications Palace) and Hotel Florida

Hotel Florida (Madrid)

The Hotel Florida in central Madrid, Spain, was built in 1924 and was used as a base by many of the foreign correspondents stationed in Madrid during the Spanish Civil War. While based in Spain as a correspondent for the North American News Association , Ernest Hemingway stayed at the hotel, where...

in Madrid

Madrid

Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...

, the Garcia Barbon Theatre

Garcia Barbon Theatre

In the Centre of Vigo, Garcia Barbon theatre begins to be built in the late nineteenth century, thanks to an enthusiastic group of people from Vigo who want introduce theatrical culture in the city...

 in Vigo

Vigo

Vigo is a city and municipality in north-west Spain, in Galicia, situated on the ria of the same name on the Atlantic Ocean.-Population:...

 and many other works in those cities and places like Mondariz

Mondariz

Mondariz is a town and municipality in the province of Pontevedra in Galicia, Spain.-Parishes:The municipality of Mondariz is formed by 12 parroquias...

, Baiona

Baiona

Baiona can refer to at least two places:*Baiona is the Basque name for Bayonne a city of Labourd, Basque Country, France.*Baiona is a small town in Galicia, Spain....

 or his home town O Porriño

O Porriño

O Porriño is a municipality in Galicia, Spain in the province of Pontevedra.It is an industrial town, in the metropolitan area of Vigo, of which it is an important economic dependency. One of its main industries is granite production...

. He modernized the image of Madrid

Madrid

Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...

 with some of the most emblematic buildings of the city: Circle of Fine Arts, Río de La Plata Bank

Río de La Plata Bank

Edificio de Las Cariátides is a building in the Spanish capital of Madrid built by Spanish architect, Antonio Palacios. The building was later the head office of the Banco Central, then of the Banco Santander Central Hispano. As of 2006 it is the headquarters of the Instituto Cervantes.-External...

, Banco Mercantil e Industrial, Maudes Hospital, and constructed the first lines of Metro de Madrid, the subway, whose designs for the entrances still can be seen in the city center.