La Adriática Building, Eclectic architecture building at Plaza del Callao, Madrid, Spain.

La Adriática is an eclectic building at the corner of Plaza del Callao 3 and Gran Vía 39, designed by Luis Sainz de los Terreros and built between 1926 and 1928. A tower topped by a dome crowns it, and below the tower two figures lean against a clock: a woman for Day and a man for Night, inspired by Michelangelo's Medici Chapel statues. Above the portal a bronze winged lion of Mark the Evangelist holds a book reading "Pax tibi Marce, evangelista meus".

Architect Luis Sainz de los Terreros designed this structure in 1926, with construction finishing in 1928 along Gran Via. It arose during Madrid's major modernization period, when new commercial buildings were reshaping the urban landscape.

The bronze winged lion above the portal is the emblem of the insurance company that commissioned the building and gave it its name; the book it holds reads "Pax tibi Marce, evangelista meus". The cupletista Celia Gámez lived on the third floor. In the postwar years the basement housed the shoe shop Calzados Segarra, which handed out advertising papers and pioneered coupon codes and sales seasons.

The building sits at Plaza del Callao 3 at a busy intersection with excellent public transit access and surrounded by shops and cafes. Its corner position makes it easy to view the entire facade and sculptures from the street without obstructions.

The two Carrara marble figures flank the first-floor window above the portal, not the clock: one holds a child on its left arm (Protection), the other a coin or ball in its right hand (Precaution or Savings), virtues tied to insurance. The clock below the tower is instead flanked by Day and Night, inspired by Michelangelo's Medici Chapel statues.