Hospital · Almadén

Real Hospital de Mineros de San Rafael

Today: Real Hospital de Mineros de San Rafael, Almadén

Place
Almadén
Kind
Hospital
Built
1765 to 1773
What remains
Standing
Visiting
Not checked

The hospital for the workers of the Almadén mines, proposed by the superintendent Francisco Javier de Villegas in August 1752 and built between 1765 and 1773, the dates given on the medallions of the portal. It is L-shaped around an inner courtyard, with a brick portal bearing an image of Saint Raphael, and is regarded as one of the first Spanish hospitals with a professional care structure. Restored in the early 2000s, it is now the seat of the Historical Archive of the Almadén Mines.

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