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Uno de los errores más frecuentes que ...

Uno de los errores más frecuentes que se comete al pasear por una ciudad es no mirar hacia arriba, puede parecer algo obvio, pero cuántos habrán pasado por aquí sin darse cuenta de la maravilla que hay sobre sus cabezas? Gracias a una de las visitas guiadas que ofrece el Ayuntamiento de Madrid descubrimos este y otros edificios del centro de la ciudad, que ya sea por prisas o desconocimiento quedan en el olvido.

Ahora os voy a hablar de este en concreto, construido entre los años 1882 y 1891, y que en sus tiempos fue la sede de la Sociedad de Seguros americana La Equitativa, de ahí el sobrenombre que ha cogido, aunque más recientemente, en 1920, pasó a ocuparlo el Banco Español de Crédito, por eso también se le conoce por este nombre; pero actualmente el edificio está vacío, esperando que le den un uso, hace años se especulaba que querían reconvertirlo en un hotel de lujo, pero últimamente se comenta que va a transformarse en un centro comercial. Sea como sea, esperemos que conserven su espectacular fachada y no lo destrocen en nombre de la modernidad.

A pesar de no ser demasiado antiguo, a lo largo de su historia ha acogido la sede de un gran número de entidades, a parte de las dos anteriores que ya he mencionado, ha sido también sede de la Embajada del Japón, del Casino de Madrid o del Círculo de Bellas Artes de Madrid.

En lo alto, su templete de tonos dorados, negros y cobrizos llama la atención desde lo lejos, en él se puede observar también un sencillo reloj rodeado de dos figuras doradas que lo acompañan. La fachada del edificio es un claro ejemplo de la mezcla de estilos que utilizó su arquitecto, José Grases Riera; cada piso es completamente diferente al anterior. La planta baja es sin duda la más recargada, con grandes ventanales cubiertos de rejas de hierro forjado así como un gran número de farolas, algunas colgadas, otras, reposando sobre el balcón del primer piso. Pero lo que más me gustó, lo que me sorprendió y encantó son las ménsulas que sostienen el balcón, pues son cabezas de elefantes esculpidas en piedra, todas ellas bordean el edificio y son una auténtica maravilla, están muy bien hechas y merecen especial atención los ojos de cada uno de ellos, brillan como si fueran de verdad, como si quisieran comunicarse con quien les observa. Lo dicho, me enamoraron nada más verlas. Así que os recomiendo sin duda alguna que os acerquéis a admirar esta obra de arte en pleno corazón de Madrid y al aire libre.

Para llegar al edificio es muy fácil, pues podemos bajarnos en el metro de Sevilla o bien acercarnos andando desde la Puerta del Sol, apenas cinco minutos.