The School of Mining Engineering of Madrid (

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: ''Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros de Minas y Energia'') is located in calle Ríos Rosas,

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. It is one of the engineering schools of the

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which was founded in 1971 through the integration of the Higher Technical Schools.

History

The mining school is older than the nineteenth-century building in which it is housed. It was founded in 1777 as the ''Academia de Minería y Geografía Subterránea de Almadén'', located at

Almadén Almadén () is a town and municipality in the Spanish province of Ciudad Real, within the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha. The town is located at 4° 49' W and 38° 46' N and is 589 meters above sea level. Almadén is approximately 3 ...

, site of an important mercury mine, approximately 300 km south of Madrid. The curriculum was influenced by the

Freiberg University of Mining and Technology The Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg (abbreviation: TU Bergakademie Freiberg, TUBAF) is a public university of technology with currently 3655 students in the city of Freiberg, Saxony, Germany. Its focus is on exploration, mining & ...

. Mercury became very valuable in

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in the mid 16th century due to the introduction of

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, a process that uses mercury to extract the metals from gold and silver ore. Mercury was exported to the Americas, although there was also a source of mercury in Peru. As Spain was impacted by the loss of its South American colonies, and the increasing economic importance of coal, Almadén became less appropriate for the site of a national mining school. It was relocated to Madrid in the 1830s.

Building

Mural de la Escuela de Ingenieros de Madrid (Zuloaga)

It was designed by

Ricardo Velázquez Bosco Ricardo Velázquez Bosco (1843–1923) was a Spanish architect, archaeologist and scholar. Velázquez's most notable architecture was erected in Madrid, buildings such as the Palacio de Cristal and the Palacio de Velázquez (both in the Parqu ...

. Like some other buildings by this architect, it features ceramic decorations by

Daniel Zuloaga Daniel Zuloaga y Boneta (1852 – December 27, 1921) was a Spanish ceramist and painter. He is considered to be one of the innovators of art pottery in Spain. He worked primarily from his workshops in Madrid and Segovia, but his work extended th ...

. It was declared ''

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'' in 1985.

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Buildings and structures in Ríos Rosas neighborhood, Madrid Bien de Interés Cultural landmarks in Madrid Schools of mines {{Spain-university-stub

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Building

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