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| native_name = ''Palacio de Lala Moncloa''

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| former_names = Palace of the Counts of Moncloa

| alternate_names = La Moncloa

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| owner = [[Government of Spain]]

| current_tenants = Prime Minister [[Pedro Sánchez (politician)|Pedro Sánchez]] and his family.

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| address = Avenida Puerta de Hierro, s/n

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[[File:LaMoncloa.jpg|thumb|270px|View of the set of La Moncloa Complex from the University City of Madrid]]

The '''Palace of Moncloa''' or '''Moncloa Palace''' ({{lang-es|Palacio de Lala Moncloa}}) is the [[official residence]] and workplace of the President of the Government (Spanish: ''Presidente del Gobierno''), a position usually known in the English language as the [[Prime Minister of Spain]]. It is located in Puerta de Hierro Avenue, in the [[Moncloa-Aravaca]] district in [[Madrid]]. It has been the official residence of the [[Prime Minister of Spain]] since 1977, when [[Adolfo Suárez]] moved the residence from the [[Palace of Villamejor]].

In Spain, 'Moncloa' is sometimes used as a [[metonym]] for the central government, especially when contrasting with the governments of the [[Autonomous Communities]].

{{Seesee also|Palacio de La Moncloa before the Spanish Civil War}}

The Palace passed through different owners until reaching [[Maria del Pilar Teresa Cayetana de Silva Alvarez de Toledo|María del Pilar Teresa Cayetana de Silva Álvarez de Toledo]], 13th [[Duchy of Alba|Duchess of Alba de Tormes]]. ToAfter hisher death without descendants in 1802, King [[Charles IV of Spain|Charles IV]] acquired the mansion and the orchard and added it to the Royal Site of La Florida, which was then callednamed the Royal Site of La Moncloa. In 1816, King [[Ferdinand VII of Spain|Ferdinand VII]] ordered the restoration of the palace.

Thirty years later, Queen [[Isabella II of Spain|Isabella II]] ceded the property of La Moncloa to the State, whichand it went on to becamebecome part of the [[Ministry of Development (Spain)|Ministry of Development]]. The palace was restored again in 1929, when it was reopened as a museum.

The Palace was destroyed during the [[Siege of Madrid]] in the [[Spanish Civil War]].<ref>{{Citecite news |title=El Palacio de la Moncloa, una historia en cinco siglos |url=https://www.abc.es/espana/la-transicion-espanola/abci-palacio-moncloa-historia-cinco-siglos-201706130314_noticia.html|title=El Palacio de la Moncloa, una historia en cinco siglos|work=abc |access-date=2018-08-03 |language=es-ES}}</ref>

By a law of July 15, 1954, the Moncloa Palace and its gardens, with an area of 58,293.81 square meters and adjoining the four cardinal points with land of the [[University City of Madrid]], was integrated into the [[Patrimonio Nacional|National Heritage]]. The new design was adapted to the new functions assigned to the palace, which was inaugurated by [[Francisco Franco]] in 1953. On June 3, 1954, arrived the palace's first visiting foreign head of state, [[Rafael Leonidas Trujillo]].; Onon November 28, 1976, the last one, [[Carlos Andrés Pérez]].

In 1977, Prime Minister [[Adolfo Suárez]] moved the headquarters of the Presidency of the Government, located until then in the central Villamejor Palace, to the far more remote La Moncloa. The change occurred, fundamentally, and given the remote location of the palace, away from the center of [[Madrid]], for security reasons, in the face of concern that an attack against the young prime minister, newly appointed by [[King Juan Carlos I]]. With the new palace was also established on it the official residence for the Prime Minister and his family.

==ReformsRenovations==

Since 1977, thesuccessive reformsprime andministers expansionshave ofconsistently theordered Complexrenovations hasand beenexpansions constantof prime minister after primethe ministercomplex. [[Adolfo Suárez|Adolfo Suarez]] ordered the buildconstruction of a tennis court and the reformrenovation of the pool. He also ordered the old main courtyard be covered, which iswould later nowbecome the famous Hall of Columns.

[[LeopoldoDuring Calvo-Sotelo]]his wasbrief atenure shortas prime minister butin hethe hadearly enough1980s, time[[Leopoldo toCalvo-Sotelo]] enableinstalled more roomsbedrooms on the third floor (hefor hadhis eight children) andas alsowell as a music room to install a piano. [[Felipe González]] arrived in 1982 and cultivated a small orchard of [[bonsai]]s. although theGonzález's major workcontribution, he did in the complexthough, was the construction of an underground bunker. Ininspired by his mind, there was a memory of the [[23F|coup d'état attempt of February 23, 1981]]. He also built a new building close to the presidential residence to carry outhost the Council of Ministers, releasing in this waydedicating the main building ofto some work, and dedicating itserve more toas the private residence of the prime minister.

[[José María Aznar]], [[Ana Botella]], histheir three sons and two cocker dogs turnedlived theat Moncloa into his house between 1996 and 2004. Prime Minister Aznar was responsible for the construction of a game room for his three children, as well as a paddle tennis court to practice his favorite sport. [[Sonsoles Espinosa]], wife of the Prime Minister [[José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero]], decided to alsoradically give a radical change torenovate the private rooms. She betfavored on thea minimalist style:, paintedpainting the rooms with light colors, changedchanging classic furniture for otherdifferent design onesdesigns (but respectingretaining somecertain likepieces such as the table of General Narváez, a gift offrom Juan Carlos I to Adolfo Suárez located in the Prime Minister's Office) and hung pictures of contemporary authorsartists on the walls. [[Mariano Rajoy]] and his wife did not make many changes that are known, beyond changingswapping out the vases of the flowers.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.lavozdeasturias.es/noticia/espana/2018/06/05/viviran-pedro-sanchez-familia-moncloa/00031528199249126419746.htm|title=Así vivirán Pedro Sánchez y su familia en la Moncloa|date=2018-06-05|work=La Voz de Asturias|access-date=2018-08-03|language=es-ES}}</ref>

[[File:Palacio de la Moncloa, (2)Madrid, España edited.jpg|thumb|Northwest facade of Moncloa]]

Since September 2018, the new PM [[Pedro Sánchez]] allowallows the public to visit the Complex, not only the Press Room and the Council of Minister's Room but the main buildings of the complex, including the Deputy PM's Office, the Ministry of the Presidency building and the Prime Minister Chief of Staff's Office.

The main room of the building is the Council Room where dethe meetings of the [[Council of Ministers (Spain)|Council of Ministers]] are held.

The Seeds Building was built in 1950 as part of the [[Ministry of Agriculture (Spain)|Ministry of Agriculture]]. Its name is because it was the place where the [[Seed|seedsseed]]s were once stored.

The INIA building was built in 1953 by the architect José Azpiroz. It receives this name for having housed the National Institute of Agrarian Research (INIA). It's is also known as the Monastery of the Presidency because for its resemblance to a [[monastery]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://elpais.com/elpais/2018/03/27/album/1522143020_493174.html|title=Fotos: Las tripas de La Moncloa|last=Rodríguez|first=Jesús|date=2018-04-15|work=El País|access-date=2019-03-29|last2=Lejarcegi|first2=Gorka|language=es|issn=1134-6582}}</ref>

{{Main|Office of the Prime Minister of (Spain)}}

The Prime Minister's Office lies within the Moncloa Palace. It is staffed by a mix of career Civil Servants and Advisers. The highest ranking of the Office is the [[Moncloa Chief of Staff|Chief of Staff]], which is a political appointment on which the rest of the Office officials depend.

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[[Category:Buildings and structures in Moncloa-AravacaCiudad DistrictUniversitaria neighborhood, Madrid]]