Our Lady of Remembrance College, Madrid, (''El Recuerdo'' or ''Colegio de Chamartin'') is an infant through baccalaureate school established by the

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in 1880, located in the Chamartín District of

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. According to studies by ''El Mundo'' in 2007 and 2012, it is one of the best schools in Spain.

History

''El Recuerdo'' was founded in 1880 when Alfonso XII restored the Society of Jesus in Spain, after their expulsion by

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. The Dukes of Pastrana-Infantado donated their land in Chamartin de la Rosa for the foundation of the school, and classes began in early 1880. The original school building was in neo-Gothic style and designed by the Marquis of Cubas in the late nineteenth century. In 1920, a new, Gothic-Moorish style building was designed by Modesto Lopez Otero, who modelled it after the house of

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in Azpeitia. The school building was closed under the Government of the Second Republic that again expelled the Jesuits, but classes were held clandestinely. During the Republic, the school became an institute and during the Civil War it was used as a barracks. In the postwar period the ''El Recuerdo'' facility housed the Jesuit philosophate, until 1955 when this was moved to

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. Also during the postwar period included on campus was the free school of Nª Sª del Recuerdo, which had its entrance on Mateo Inurria Street and served mostly neighborhood children studying for the board exams taken at the

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Institute on Kings Street.

Notable alumni

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, actor * Gabino Diego, actor *

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, footballer * Ramon Moreno Grosso, footballer *

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, Superior General of the Society of Jesus 2008-2016, (College of Areneros) *

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, lawyer ;Politics *

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, the Marquis de Cubas, architect and politician * Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón, Minister of Justice of the Government of Spain and Notary Mayor of the Kingdom, Mayor of Madrid, president of the Community of Madrid (also belonged to the Choir School of Remembrance) *

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, politician and former minister *

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, mayor of Madrid *

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, minister and VP of the Government of Spain, later - convicted fraudster; * Enrique de la Mata Gorostizaga, Minister of Trade Relations (College of Areneros) *

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, Minister of Justice (College of Areneros) ;Economy *

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, Inditex president;

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History

Notable alumni

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