Accompanied by my wife and a good friend, Carlos Martinez, also committed major issues, recently had the opportunity to visit the "office ana" and in this historic seat, one of the many jewels that has the Ateneo de Madrid.
Azaña This room, it takes its name because the great politician he combined the presidency of the University from June 18, 1930 until May 30, 1932, and Chairman of the Government and kept his presidential seat.
El Ateneo de Madrid is a private company formed by partners. Management and administration of the Ateneo de Madrid lies with the board of Governors, elected annually by the partners in accordance with the provisions of Regulation and the agreements of the General Meetings. Each year, half elected office. Ateneo cultural activity is organized by sections, Chairs, Fellowships and the circle formed by the partners.
was created in 1835 as a Scientific and Literary.
The first member of the Ateneo de Madrid was Mariano José de Larra, Figaro, admitted on January 4, 1836.
Its first home was in Palacio de Abrantes , then moved to the Carretas street after the Plaza del Ángel and Montera street . Currently ranked No. 21 for Prado Street of Madrid in a building modernist opened by Canovas del Castillo in 1884 . The building is designed by the architects and Luis Enrique Fort Landecho. Arturo Mélida gave valuable artistic content with Greek Revival style paintings in the Hall and in the English Room.
For the Ateneo been six Presidents, all Nobel Prizes English politicians of the Second Republic and the members of the generation of 98 of the 14 and that of the 27. dictatorship Primo de Rivera suspended the activities of the Ateneo. During English Civil War , remained open and managed to preserve the integrity of its facilities, especially its library, thanks to the work of Bernardo G. Candamo , the only member of the Republican Board remained in Madrid during the war.
The dictatorship of General Franco negatively affected the activity of the Ateneo. The return to democracy has that the University remains a cultural focal point of the first order.
The history of English political and intellectual life not be understood without this institution.
is known that Valle-Inclan chaired a session at which voting abide the existence of God, but beyond the anecdotes, the English cultural life owes to this institution for having trained several generations of great men.
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