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Inside the building is a geological museum. It is housed in a large hall with a Museum website
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: ''Instituto Geológico y Minero de España'') is a research institute located in 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 i ...
, Spain
Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur ...
. It is run under the auspices of the Ministry of Science.
History
The origins of the institute go back to the nineteenth century when a commission was established to work on thegeological map
A geological map or geologic map is a special-purpose map made to show various geological features. Rock (geology), Rock units or stratum, geologic strata are shown by color or symbols. Bed (geology), Bedding planes and structural features such ...
of Spain.
The building which houses the institute is on Ríos Rosas street in the Chamberí
Chamberí is a district of Madrid
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district of Madrid. Next door is the School of Mining Engineering of Madrid
The School of Mining Engineering of Madrid (Spanish: ''Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros de Minas y Energia'') is located in calle Ríos Rosas, Madrid, Spain. It is one of the engineering schools of the Technical University of Madrid which w ...
, which was built in 1893, whereas the institute building, designed by Francisco Javier de Luque, was formally opened in 1926. The opening took place during the International Geological Congress
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which Spain hosted that year.
In collaboration with the Spanish Geological Society (''Sociedad Geológica de España'' or SGE), the Institute has drawn up a list of internationally important geosite
Geoheritage (a blend of ''geological'' and ''heritage'') is the geological aspect of natural and cultural heritage. A geosite is a particular geological heritage asset.
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s in Spain. This work, which began in 1999, is part of the Global Geosites project promoted by the International Union of Geological Sciences
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in the 1990s and subsequently supported by UNESCO.
Museum
Inside the building is a geological museum. It is housed in a large hall with a stained glass
Stained glass refers to coloured glass as a material or art and architectural works created from it. Although it is traditionally made in flat panels and used as windows, the creations of modern stained glass artists also include three-dimensio ...
roof. It was initially used for the International Geological Congress of 1926. The museum opened the following year.
It is currently known as the ''Museo Geominero''./ref>
Heritage listing
The building was declared ''Bien de Interés Cultural
(, , , ) is a category of the heritage register in Spain. The term is also used in Colombia and other Spanish-speaking countries.
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'' in 1998.
See also
*School of Mining Engineering of Madrid
The School of Mining Engineering of Madrid (Spanish: ''Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros de Minas y Energia'') is located in calle Ríos Rosas, Madrid, Spain. It is one of the engineering schools of the Technical University of Madrid which w ...
References
External links
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