University · Gijón

Real Instituto de Jovellanos

Today: Centro de Cultura Antiguo Instituto, Gijón

Place: Gijón
Kind: University
Built: 1797 to 1807
What remains: Standing
Visiting: Not checked

The second seat of the Real Instituto that Jovellanos promoted to teach navigation and mineralogy. The first stone was laid on 27 November 1797 to a design by Juan de Villanueva, the building was partly occupied from 1804, and the ground floor was finished in 1807. Two storeys were added between 1887 and 1892 with so many changes that it is regarded as the work of Ricardo Marcos Bausá; today it is a cultural centre.

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