De banco de plata a banco de letras .
El edificio que actualmente alberga la sede del Instituto Cervantes fue concebido para albergar la sede del Banco Español del Río de la Plata en Madrid.
El encargo se hizo a Antonio Palacios y Joaquín Otamendi. Su construcción se inició en 1911 y terminó en 1918.
Destaca su exterior monumental y de estilo “clásico”, y en su interior se localizaba el patio de operaciones al cual daba luz una enorme cúpula. Actualmente, y después de las reformas realizadas entre los años 1944 y 1947, el “hueco” que formaba ese patio de operaciones ha sido tapado, creando plantas intermedias, lo que ha provocado que la gran cúpula acristalada solo se pueda ver si se accede a la 5ª planta.
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