Spain's retail banks are enjoying the fruits of a property boom that began in the late 1990s and is still feeding the mortgage sector. In addition, they are looking to service smaller businesses, as Peter Wise explains. In 150 hectares of landscaped parkland sits the most technologically sophisticated bank headquarters in Europe. Ciudad Grupo Santander at Boadilla del Monte, 15km west of central Madrid, was decreed by Emilio Botin, chairman of Grupo Santander, as a command centre befitting the eurozone's biggest bank. The ?550m complex boasts a huge dome crowning the main building with the biggest glass skylight ever built in Spain.
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机译：西班牙的零售银行正享受着1990年代后期开始的房地产热潮的成果，但现在仍在为抵押贷款行业提供服务。此外，正如Peter Wise解释的那样，他们希望为小型企业提供服务。在150公顷的园林绿地中，坐落着欧洲技术最先进的银行总部。位于马德里市中心以西15公里处的Boadilla del Monte的桑达德城（Ciudad Grupo Santander）被桑塔德集团（Grupo Santander）董事长埃米利奥·博汀（Emilio Botin）裁定为适合欧元区最大银行的指挥中心。这座耗资550万欧元的建筑群拥有一个巨大的圆顶，该圆顶在主体建筑上冠以西班牙有史以来最大的玻璃天窗。
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