Alberto Palacio

Paz Martin Alberto de Palacio y Elissague (born January 24, 1856 in Sare , France , † May 11, 1939 in Getxo , Spain ) was an engineer and architect from the Basque Country .

Alberto Palacio grew up in Sare and Sandamadi (Gordexola), Bizkaia , and was able to communicate in Basque , Spanish and French . He studied architecture in Barcelona and deepened his education by studying mathematics , engineering , astronomy and medicine in Paris, where he also took lessons from Gustave Eiffel . After graduating, Palacio worked in Madrid for several years before working on his most famous building, the Puente de Vizcaya near Bilbao .

Buildings

Puente de Vizcaya, transporter bridge near Bilbao

Main hall of Madrid Atocha train station

Alberto Palacio mainly used iron and glass for his buildings, always looking for innovative and functional solutions. The main work, with which Alberto also achieved international recognition, is the Puente de Vizcaya in the port entrance of Bilbao. The facility is the oldest transporter bridge in the world and was built between 1890 and 1893 with the help of his brother Silvestre de Palacio .

His earlier works include the Palacio de Velázquez (1881-1883) and the Palacio de Cristal (1887) in the Parque del Buen Retiro , Madrid. Both structures were built under the direction of the architect Ricardo Velázquez Bosco in collaboration with the ceramicist Daniel Zuloaga .

Chronological listing of the buildings

Palacio de Velázquez in the Parque del Buen Retiro , Madrid (1881–1883)
Main building of the Bank of Spain , Madrid (1884-1891)
Palacio de Cristal in Parque del Buen Retiro , Madrid (1887)
Madrid Atocha train station (1889–1892), together with engineer Henry Saint James
Puente de Vizcaya , transporter bridge (1890–1893)
Osram factory on Paseo de Santa María de la Cabeza in Madrid (1914–1916)

Web links

Commons : Alberto de Palacio y Elissague - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Getxo , March 27, 2010: Puerto Viejo Algorta ( Memento of May 12, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (Spanish)
↑ ^a ^b Madrid Histórico : Palacio Elissague, Alberto del , accessed on April 22, 2012 (Spanish)

personal data
SURNAME	Palacio, Alberto
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Palacio y Elissague, Paz Martin Alberto de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Basque architect and engineer
DATE OF BIRTH	January 24, 1856
PLACE OF BIRTH	Sare , France
DATE OF DEATH	May 11, 1939
Place of death	Getxo , Spain

[1] Getxo , March 27, 2010: Puerto Viejo Algorta ( Memento of May 12, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (Spanish)

[mh-2] Madrid Histórico : Palacio Elissague, Alberto del , accessed on April 22, 2012 (Spanish)