Palace of Moncloa

[1] A decade after its destruction, the architect Diego Méndez built, between 1949 and 1953, the present building following the model of the Casa del Labrador of Aranjuez.By a law of July 15, 1954, the Moncloa Palace and its gardens, with an area of 58,293.81 square meters and adjoining the four cardinal points with land of the University City of Madrid, was integrated into the National Heritage.On June 3, 1954, arrived the palace's first visiting foreign head of state, Rafael Leonidas Trujillo; on November 28, 1976, the last one, Carlos Andrés Pérez.In 1977, Prime Minister Adolfo Suárez moved the headquarters of the Presidency of the Government, located until then in the central Villamejor Palace, to the far more remote La Moncloa.The change occurred for security reasons, in the face of concern that an attack against the young prime minister, newly appointed by King Juan Carlos I.During his brief tenure as prime minister in the early 1980s, Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo installed more bedrooms on the third floor for his eight children as well as a music room.Sonsoles Espinosa, wife of the Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, decided to radically renovate the private rooms.She favored a minimalist style, painting the rooms light colors, changing classic furniture for different designs (but retaining certain pieces such as the table of General Narváez, a gift from Juan Carlos I to Adolfo Suárez located in the Prime Minister's Office) and hung pictures of contemporary artists on the walls.[5][6] The requirements to visit the governmental complex is to be a Spanish citizen or to live in Spain, ask for a date, show the guards your ID, and leave in the entrance all electronic devices.The artistic collection consists of more than 140 works by authors such as Joan Miró, Eduardo Chillida, Julio González, Pablo Palazuelo or Antoni Tàpies, among others.[7] Inside of the INIA building takes place the meetings of the General Commission of Secretaries of State and Undersecretaries, the body responsible for preparing the matters to be discussed in the Council of Ministers.
Front of the Palace of Moncloa
Overview of the Moncloa Complex
Map of the property
Council Building
View toward the Council Building
Vice Presidency Building
Seeds Building
INIA Building
Press Centre
MadridCoordinatesPedro SánchezGovernment of SpainSpanishofficial residencePrime Minister of SpainMoncloa-AravacaAdolfo SuárezPalace of VillamejorbunkerMinistry of the PresidencyDeputy Prime Minister's OfficeCabinet OfficeChief of Staff's OfficePress OfficeCouncil of MinistersmetonymAutonomous CommunitiesPalacio de La Moncloa before the Spanish Civil WarMaría del Pilar Teresa Cayetana de Silva Álvarez de ToledoDuchess of Alba de TormesCharles IVFerdinand VIIIsabella IIMinistry of DevelopmentSiege of MadridSpanish Civil WarCasa del LabradorAranjuezUniversity City of MadridNational HeritageFrancisco FrancoRafael Leonidas TrujilloCarlos Andrés PérezKing Juan Carlos IAdolfo SuarezLeopoldo Calvo-SoteloFelipe Gonzálezbonsaiscoup d'état attempt of February 23, 1981José María AznarAna BotellaSonsoles EspinosaJosé Luis Rodríguez ZapateroMariano RajoyPrime MinisterDeputy Prime MinisterGovernmentCivil GuardNational Police CorpsReina Sofía MuseumJoan MiróEduardo ChillidaJulio GonzálezPablo PalazueloAntoni TàpiesJosé Luis Rodriguez ZapateroMinistry of AgricultureCabinet of the Office of the Prime MinisterChief of StaffAlfonso Guerramonasteryministerial departmentSecretariat of State for PressSpokespersonOffice of the Prime Minister (Spain)