Cité universitaire internationale de Paris. Collège d'Espagne

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Date: ?? 10.1931Colegio de España - this institution, the Spanish Government under the Ministry of Education, is managed through the General Secretariat of universities. The document on the donation was signed in 1927 by King Alfonso XIII. The building was designed by Spanish architect Modesto Lopez Otero - one of the architects of Ciudad Universitaria de Madrid, created at the same time - in collaboration with the French architects E. Body and J.-N. Varin. Its classic style is inspired by the Monterrey Palace in Salamanca, which was owned by the Duke of Alba. The inauguration of the hostel has been planned for 1932 but was postponed due to the political turmoil that troubled Spain. House opened its doors in 1935 under the II Spanish Republic, with the support of the Free Institute of Para la Ensenya who thought among its members the most famous intellectuals of the time: Miguel de Unamuno, Jose Ortega y Gasset, Blas Cabrera, Americo Castro Jimenez Froude and t.