Fernando Arbós y Tremanti (22 October 1844,
Rome
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- 18 December 1916,
Madrid
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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
Caja Madrid
Caja Madrid, formally the Caja de Ahorros y Monte de Piedad de Madrid, headquartered in Madrid,Inicio
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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
La Casa Encendida is a social and cultural centre in central Madrid (on the Ronda de Valencia where it is met by Calle Valencia). It began operations in December 2002.
It belongs to the Fundación Montemadrid (the formal title of which is Funda ...
, 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'' (), former ''Necrópolis del Este'' (East cemetery) is a cemetery in Madrid, Spain. It is the largest in Western Europe. The number of bodies buried is estimated at five million since it was th ...
(1877).
When the original
Basilica of Nuestra Señora de Atocha
The Royal Basilica of Our Lady of Atocha or Real Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Atocha is a large church in central Madrid on Avenida de la Ciudad de Barcelona, 1. It is run by the Dominican order.https://www.esmadrid.com/informacion-turistica ...
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
cloister
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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 () 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 Nuestra Señora de Atocha in the ...
. The unfinished temple was severely damaged during the
Spanish Civil War
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. It was eventually demolished and rebuilt.
Selected projects
File:Casa de las Alhajas (Madrid) 04.jpg, Casa de las Alhajas
File:Iglesia de San Manuel y San Benito (Madrid) 13.jpg, Iglesia de San Manuel y San Benito
File:Cementerio de la Almudena 04jul07 01.JPG, Cementerio de la Almudena (entrance)
File:Casa Encendida (Madrid) 01.jpg, Casa Encendida
References
Further reading
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1844 births
1916 deaths
19th-century Spanish architects
Art Nouveau architects
Architects from Rome