The Academy of Military Engineering of Guadalajara ( es, Academia de Ingenieros de Guadalajara) was a

military academy A military academy or service academy is an educational institution which prepares candidates for service in the officer corps. It normally provides education in a military environment, the exact definition depending on the country concerned. ...

in Guadalajara,

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. It operated in Guadalajara from 1833 until its move to

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in 1932 as part of its merger with the Artillery Academy (''Academia de Artilleros''). The Academy was located in the Montesclaros Palace, in the west of the city, until a 1924 fire destroyed part of the premises and an important collection of models, documents, books, and artworks. Between 1924 and its final move, its activities were continued in the palace's annex buildings that today serve as the General Military Archive of Guadalajara (''Archivo General Militar de Guadalajara'') and the palace of Antonio de Mendoza. Many important figures attended or taught at the Academy, including

Mariano Barberán Mariano Barberán y Tros de Ilarduya (14 October 1895, in Guadalajara, Spain – 20 June 1933, in Vicinity of Villahermosa, Mexico) was a Spanish military aviator. Flight In 1933, together with Lieutenant Joaquín Collar Serra and Sergeant Mo ...

Eduardo Barrón Eduardo Barrón (full name Eduardo Barrón y Ramos de Sotomayor; b. 7 September 1888 - d. 13 January 1949) was a Spanish aeronautical engineer and military pilot who led the design department at '' Talleres Loring'' from 1923 to 1930. Biogra ...

,Warleta Carrillo, José (1989). «Revista Aeroplano nº 6». En Instituto de Historia y Cultura Aeronáutica. Eduardo Barrón y Ramos de Sotomayor. Madrid. p. 64. Alejandro Goicoechea, Emilio Herrera Linares,

Alfredo Kindelán Alfredo Kindelán y Duany, 1st Marquess of Kindelán (13 March 1879, in Santiago de Cuba – 14 December 1962, in Madrid) was a Spanish general and politician. A close ally of Francisco Franco before and during the Spanish Civil War, their ...

, José Ortiz Echagüe, Carlos Faraudo and Pedro Vives Vich.

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