Old Asylum of the Marqués de Campo

Gothic-inspired building built by José Camaña from 1882 at the request of the Marquis of Campo. The main façade – facing Carrer de la Corona and giving access to the church – features a pointed arch and a large balcony over the doorway, as well as the profusion of flamboyant details in arches and cornices. It is the transposition of the Gothic formal language to the iron architecture of the late nineteenth century, with a somewhat naïve result, but very much to the taste of the time.

In the second half of the nineteenth century, different welfare institutions promoted by prominent figures of the local bourgeoisie saw the light. This one of the Marqués de Campo was conceived as an asylum for children, and was located in what was an active industrial district with numerous workers’ housing. It is currently home to the Catholic University.

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