«Who are you then?»
«I am part of that power which eternally wills evil and eternally works good.»—Faust
The Devil
The Devil, king of evil, is one of the most interesting spiritual concepts, for if one can't be sure of God's existence, the existence of evil and of entities who/which impersonate that are beyond doubt.
La plus belle des ruses du diable est de vous persuader qu'il n'existe pas.
I always thought that the Edificio Telefónica is the place where the devil lives (New York as suggested in the movie The Devil's Advocate is also a good place but that would be too trivial and trendy, the Devil is subtle). Subtle but not elegant, so a bank or a phone company is no doubt His hideout. Besides, Madrid being a stronghold of catholicism (Rome would have been, again, too obvious), it is the best place for its antagonism to hide, starting with planting a magnificent tribute to its beginning at precisely 666m of altitude, in the Earthly heart of the city.
Gallery
A sculpture from Jacob Epstein representing The Archangel Lucifer as a mixture of male and female attributes, in Birmingham's round gallery with the other forces of nature. The style of Epstein was particularly apt at depicting the devil (as well as Einstein).
