Edificio Castromil

The Edificio Castromil or Castromil Building, previously known as café Quiqui-Bar in Santiago de Compostela, was a building of Eclectic style demolished in 1975 and was located in the Praza de García Prieto. The Coruñan architect Rafael González Villar designed it in 1922 along with Antonio Alfonso Viana, who coordinated the work in 1926. Its promoters were the Compostelan partners Manuel Ramallo Gómez and Ángel Gontán Sánchez, in order to destine it to café-bar and restaurant. The Official College of Architects of Galicia it pronounced, asking that it declared Historical and Artistic Monument, after being expropriated by the City Hall of Santiago de Compostela for its demolition in the year 1974. Nevertheless, the following year would be demolished the building to build an underground car park, imposing the criterion of the municipal corporation.