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Colegio Nuestra Señora Del Recuerdo
Our Lady of Remembrance College, Madrid, (''El Recuerdo'' or ''Colegio de Chamartin'') is an infant through Spanish Baccalaureate, baccalaureate school established by the Society of Jesus in 1880, located in the Chamartín (Madrid), Chamartín District of Madrid. According to studies by El Mundo (Spain), ''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 of Spain, Alfonso XII restored the Society of Jesus in Spain, after their expulsion by Charles III of Spain, Charles III. 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 Ignatius of Loyola in Azpeitia. The school building ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madrid
Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It is the Largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits, second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and its wikt:monocentric, monocentric Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area is the List of metropolitan areas in Europe by population, second-largest in the EU.United Nations Department of Economic and Social AffairWorld Urbanization Prospects (2007 revision), (United Nations, 2008), Table A.12. Data for 2007. The municipality covers geographical area. Madrid lies on the Manzanares (river), River Manzanares in the central part of the Iberian Peninsula at about above mean sea level. The capital city of both Spain and the surrounding Community of Madrid, autonomous community of Madrid (since 1983), it is also th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
