Church of La Concepción

The Church of La Concepción (in Spanish: iglesia de la Concepción) is a neogothic catholic temple[1][2] in Madrid, Spain.

Church of La Concepción
Iglesia parroquial de la Concepción de Nuestra Señora
General information
Type	church
Architectural style	Neo-Gothic
Address	Goya street
Town or city	Madrid
Country	Spain
Coordinates
Completed	1914
Design and construction
Architect	Eugenio Jiménez Correa, Jesús Carrasco

It's located in Goya street, in the corner with Núñez de Balboa street, and its construction was carried out between 1912 and 1914.[3] The architect in charge of church's design was Eugenio Giménez Corera, till his death in 1910. Another architect, Jesús Carrasco, finished the work.[4] The tower —with a 43,70 meter height—[3] is topped with an iron spire, itself crowned by a sculpture of the Immaculate Conception.[1] King Alfonso XIII of Spain and his consort Queen Victoria Eugenie attended the church's opening, the ceremony took place 11 May 1914.[2] The building has suffered several reshuffles: in the decade of 1950s, in 1985 and 2013.[2]

On 8 July 1977 was published in Boletín Oficial del Estado a report requesting its declaration as Bien de Interés Cultural.[5]

References

1. Arquitectura y Construcción 1914, p. 156.
2. Delgado, Adrián (29 June 2013). "Goya se prepara para el centenario de su iglesia neogótica". ABC (in Spanish).
3. La Construcción Moderna 1914, p. 17.
4. Arquitectura y Construcción 1914, p. 155.
5. Gobierno de España, ed. (8 July 1977). "Orden por la que se acuerda tener por incoado expediente de declaración de conjunto histórico-artístico a favor de las zonas y de los monumentos, con sus correspondientes entornos, en la villa de Madrid" (PDF). BOE (in Spanish) (162): 15372.

Bibliography

• Arquitectura y Construcción (July 1914). "Iglesia de la Purísima Concepción". Arquitectura y Construcción (in Spanish). Barcelona (264): 155. ISSN 1887-5351.
• La Construcción Moderna (15 May 1914). "Inauguración de una iglesia en Madrid". La Construcción Moderna (in Spanish). Madrid (9): 17. ISSN 1889-8408.

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