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'''Alberto de Palacio y Elissague''' (1856–1939) was a Spanish engineer and architect born in Sare (Northern Basque Country) and grown up in Gordexola.<ref>[http://www.getxo2.es/modules/AMS/print.php?storyid=9 ''Alberto de Palacio y Elissague''] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120801082934/http://www.getxo2.es/modules/AMS/print.php?storyid=9 |date=2012-08-01 }}, March 27, 2010 (Spanish)</ref> He studied architecture in Barcelona and completed his education in Paris, studying mathematics, engineering, astronomy and medicine.<ref name="mh">[http://www.madridhistorico.com Madrid Histórico]:[http://www.madridhistorico.com/seccion7_enciclopedia/index_enciclopedia.php?id=P&idinformacion=558&pag=6 ''Palaccio Elissague, Alberto del''], retrieved April 22, 2012 (Spanish)</ref> He was also a student & disciple of Gustave Eiffel.
==Works== thumb|300px|Bridge of Biscay, the first transporter bridge
Between 1890 and 1893,<ref name="mh"/> he worked, together with his brother Silvestre de Palacio (engineer), on his most important project, the transporter bridge (''"Puente Colgante"'') on the Nervion river, between Portugalete and Getxo (Biscay), for which he gained international recognition. It was the first bridge of this kind ever built.
All his work is characterized for the search of the functionality and the innovation, where iron and glass play a noticeable role.<ref name="mh"/> He passed long seasons of work in Madrid<ref name="mh"/> where he:
* Participated in the construction of the Palacio de Velázquez in the Retiro Park, together with architect Ricardo Velázquez Bosco, coordinator of the project, and the ceramicist Daniel Zuloaga (1881 and 1883).<ref name="mh"/> * Participated in the construction of the ''Crystal Palace'' (inspired by the London one) in the same park, again with architect Ricardo Velázquez Bosco, coordinator of the project, and ceramicist Daniel Zuloaga (1887).<ref name="mh"/> * Designed and built the new ''Madrid Atocha railway station'', in collaboration with the engineer Saint-James (1889–1892).<ref name="mh"/> * Built the ''Osram factory'' (1914–1916).<ref name="mh"/> <gallery> Image:Palacio de Cristal - Parque del Buen Retiro.jpg|The Crystal Palace at Retiro. Image:Palacio de Velazquez (Madrid) 01.jpg|Palace of Velázquez at Retiro. Image:Atocha1613.JPG|Atocha Station. </gallery>
==References== <references/>
==External links== * [http://www.puente-colgante.com Puente Colgante] * [http://www.madridhistorico.com/seccion7_enciclopedia/index_enciclopedia.php?id=P&idinformacion=558&pag=6 Madrid works]
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