This weathervane was photographed at the Matadero in Madrid, Spain. It is located at the Plaza de Chopera in the Arganzuela neighborhood. The weathervane is above the Cultural Center Casa de Reloj.
The Matadero cultural center in Madrid is a former slaughterhouse, previously called El Matadero y Mercado Municipal de Ganados. It was built in 1925 and closed in 1996. It reopened as a cultural and arts center in 2006. There are buildings for the visual arts, concerts, archives, theaters, expositions, and more. We attended an exhibit on the Titanic disaster there in September 2024. That's when we spotted this banner style weathervane on the tower of the Casa del Reloj.
The Casa del Reloj (The Clock House) is at the far end of the Matadero. It was the former central services pavilion for the slaughterhouse, but now it provides services for a retirement home for senior citizens. It has 2 exhibition halls, a large auditorium, and 14 classrooms.
For the truly curious:
Matadero Madrid at Wikipedia (English) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matadero_Madrid
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To cite/link to this blog post: Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "The Matadero in Madrid, Spain for Weathervane Wednesday", Nutfield Genealogy, posted December 18, 2024, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2024/12/the-matadero-in-madrid-spain-for.html: accessed [access date]).
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