View of Madrid's Gran Via with the Metropolis Building and the Oratorio del Caballero de Gracia Church

The photograph offers a classic perspective of the Gran Via, Madrid's main commercial artery. In the left foreground stands the unmistakable silhouette of the Metropolis Building with its dome and Winged Victory. On the right, the red brick facade of the Oratorio del Caballero de Gracia Church, an 18th-century religious building that contrasts with the surrounding twentieth-century architecture. The Gran Via, designed at the beginning of the 20th century to connect the historic center with new neighborhoods, represents the commercial and cultural heart of the Spanish capital, with its theaters, cinemas, shops and luxury hotels.

Gran Via, Madrid, Metropolis Building, Oratorio Caballero de Gracia, architecture, boulevard