Faculty of Philosophy and Letters of the Complutense University

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Faculty of Philosophy and Letters
Facultad de Filosofía y Letras
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Faculty of Philosophy and Letters of the Complutense University
General information
Architectural style rationalism
Classification Bien de Interés Cultural
Address Plaza de Menéndez Pelayo  [ es ]
Town or city Madrid
Country Spain
Coordinates 40°26′56″N3°43′50″W / 40.448846°N 3.730482°W / 40.448846; -3.730482
Current tenants UCM's School of Philosophy  [ es ]
UCM's School of Philology  [ es ]
Construction started1932
Completed1936
Inaugurated1933; 1943
Design and construction
Architect(s) Agustín Aguirre López  [ es ]

The Faculty of Philosophy and Letters is a building in Madrid, Spain, part of the Complutense University of Madrid's Moncloa Campus.

An example of rationalist architecture, [1] it was projected in 1931–32 by Agustín Aguirre López  [ es ] as the southern end of a closed compound intending to gather the academic disciplines of humanities of the Central University. [1] [2] The first part of the building was inaugurated in 1933. [2] Figures such as Ortega y Gasset, Américo Castro, Manuel García Morente, Xavier Zubiri, María de Maeztu, Manuel Gómez-Moreno, Claudio Sánchez Albornoz and Elías Tormo taught at the building. [3] While the final part was expected to be inaugurated by 1936, the Civil War aborted such plans, and the building was subject of heavy damage by Francoist artillery as it became the headquarters of the XI International Brigade. [2] It was thus reinagurated after undertaking a reconstruction in 1943. [2] The School of Philosophy and Letters was divided in Geography and History, Philology, Philosophy, and Education Sciences in 1974, and the building currently houses just the schools of Philosophy and Philology. [2]

Described as "the most emblematic [building] at the Ciudad Universitaria and the one that has endured best the past of time, as it has preserved its architectural configuration with no expansions nor substantial modifications", it was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 2017. [4]

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References

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