Public building · Segovia

Laboratorio del Real Colegio de Artillería

Today: Casa de la Química, Segovia

Place: Segovia
Kind: Public building
Built: 1787 to 1790
What remains: Standing
Visiting: Open to visit

The laboratory of the Royal Artillery College, a Neoclassical work by Sabatini built between 1787 and 1790 beside the Alcázar. Joseph Louis Proust taught chemistry here from 1792 and formulated the law of definite proportions; in November 1792 a balloon flight for military purposes was shown to Carlos IV, regarded as the first in history. It now holds the Alcázar's ticket office, tourist information point and café.

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