Fernando Arbós y Tremanti (22 October 1844,

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- 18 December 1916,

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) was a Spanish architect; best known for the Iglesia de San Manuel y San Benito.

Life and work

He was born in Rome to the painter, , and his wife Gertrudis. From 1862 to 1865, he studied the fine arts in Paris. In 1869, he began to study architecture in Madrid. The following year, together with , he won a competition for a public project, sponsored by the "Monte de Piedad y Caja de Ahorros de Madrid" (now known simply as the

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).Fernando Arbós y Tremanti, Santi Cortés, (1889), ''El arquitecto Fernando Arbós y Tremanti: (Roma, 1844. Madrid, 1916)'', Caja de Ahorros y Monte de Piedad de Madrid After completing that project, he continued to work for them; designing their headquarters, in the (now demolished), and their (House of Jewelry), in the nearby , which is still in use as an exhibition hall. He also designed La Casa Encendida, another bank building which is now a cultural center, and structures for the "Necrópolis del Este", now known as the

Cementerio de la Almudena The ''Cementerio de Nuestra Señora de La Almudena'' ( en, Our Lady of Almudena Cemetery), former ''Necrópolis del Este'' (East cemetery) is a cemetery in Madrid, Spain. It is the largest in Madrid and one of the largest in Western Europe. The nu ...

(1877). When the original

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was demolished in 1890 and the streets were realigned, the Board of Trustees held a competition for a new temple. Arbós was awarded first prize and oversight of the project, but it was never fully realized. Only the

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and the bell tower were completed. The cloister is now part of the

Pantheon of Illustrious Men The Pantheon of Illustrious Men ( es, Panteón de Hombres Ilustres) is a royal site in Madrid, under the administration of the Patrimonio Nacional. It was designed by Spanish architect Fernando Arbós y Tremanti, and is located in Basilica of N ...

. The unfinished temple was severely damaged during the

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. It was eventually demolished and rebuilt.

Selected projects

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Life and work

Selected projects

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