The former Madrid headquarters of the Real Compañía Asturiana de Minas occupies a prominent corner of Plaza de España, beside Calle de Bailén and near the Senate. Designed by Manuel Martínez Ángel and built between 1891 and 1899, it reflects the industrial prosperity of a company closely associated with zinc mining and smelting in northern Spain. Its eclectic, French-influenced architecture combines red brick with pale stone, elaborate window surrounds and balconies, rising to rounded metal-clad roofs above the corner towers. Seen across the square, the contrasting masonry and richly detailed roofline distinguish this late nineteenth-century corporate palace from the much taller buildings that later transformed Plaza de España.
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