Church of La Concepción

Church in Spain

Church in Madrid, Spain

40°25′28.96″N 3°40′56.81″W / 40.4247111°N 3.6824472°W / 40.4247111; -3.6824472LocationCalle Goya, 26, Madrid, SpainArchitectureArchitect(s)Eugenio Jiménez Correa, Jesús CarrascoStyleNeo-GothicYears built1912–1914Completed1914

The Church of the Conception (Spanish: Iglesia de la Concepción) is a Neogothic Catholic church^[1] in Madrid, Spain.

It is located on Calle Goya at the corner of Calle de Núñez de Balboa [es], and its construction was carried out between 1912 and 1914.^[2] The architect in charge of the church's design was Eugenio Jiménez Correa [es; ca; fr] until his death in 1910. Another architect, Jesús Carrasco-Muñoz [es; arz], finished the work.^[3] The tower—with a height of 43.7 m (143 ft)—^[2] is topped with an iron spire, itself crowned by a sculpture of the Immaculate Conception.^[4] King Alfonso XIII of Spain and his consort Queen Victoria Eugenie attended the church's opening; the ceremony took place 11 May 1914.^[1] The building has undergone several renovations: in the 1950s, in 1985 and 2013.^[1]

On 8 July 1977 Boletín Oficial del Estado published a report requesting the church's declaration as Bien de Interés Cultural.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Delgado, Adrián (29 June 2013). "Goya se prepara para el centenario de su iglesia neogótica". ABC (in Spanish).
^ ^a ^b La Construcción Moderna 1914, p. 17.
^ Arquitectura y Construcción 1914, p. 155.
^ Arquitectura y Construcción 1914, p. 156.
^ Gobierno de España, ed. (8 July 1977). "Orden por la que se acuerda tener por incoado expediente de declaración de conjunto histórico-artístico a favor de las zonas y de los monumentos, con sus correspondientes entornos, en la villa de Madrid" (PDF). BOE (in Spanish) (162): 15372.

Bibliography

Arquitectura y Construcción (July 1914). "Iglesia de la Purísima Concepción". Arquitectura y Construcción (in Spanish) (264). Barcelona: 155. ISSN 1887-5351.
La Construcción Moderna (15 May 1914). "Inauguración de una iglesia en Madrid". La Construcción Moderna (in Spanish) (9). Madrid: 17. ISSN 1889-8408.