- The BIC declaration of this property represents the highest level of protection provided by the Spanish Historical Heritage Law 16/1985
- The Union House, inaugurated in 1955 and included in the environment of the Landscape of Light, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, currently houses the headquarters of two ministries and the Trade Union Confederation of Workers' Commissions.
The Council of Ministers, on the proposal of the Minister of Culture, Ernest Urtasun, approved this morning the declaration of Asset of Cultural Interest (BIC), in the category of Monument, of the building of the Union House located in Madrid. In January, the Ministry of Culture began processing the file for this declaration, which involves the application of this category of protection, the maximum established by Law 16/1985, of June 25, on Spanish Historical Heritage. The report of the Polytechnic University of Madrid, presented in January by the Ministry, pointed out the suitability of declaring BIC the building “for its patrimonial, architectural, cultural and immaterial values”.
The Union House, inaugurated in 1955, today houses the headquarters of the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Social Rights, Consumption and Agenda 2030 and, until a while ago, also that of the Ministry of Youth and Children. In 1960 it was expanded with a new construction proposed as an extension of the first and which currently houses the headquarters of Workers’ Commissions in Madrid. The Union House is located within the limits of the Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro, in the environment of the so-called ‘Landscape of Light’, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2021.
Recently, another emblematic building in Madrid, the Student Residence, has also been declared Asset of Cultural Interest (BIC), in the category of Monument, at the request of the Ministry of Culture.