Spanish Academy in Rome
The Tempietto de Bramante (left) next to the Academy
Established1873
LocationRome, Italy
Coordinates41°53′20″N 12°28′00″E / 41.88889°N 12.46667°E / 41.88889; 12.46667
TypeCultural institution
DirectorMaría Ángeles Albert de León
WebsiteOfficial website

The Spanish Academy in Rome (Spanish: Real Academia de España en Roma) is a cultural institution created in 1873 under the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs' General Directorate for Cultural and Scientific Relations.[1]

The academy's headquarters are in the cloister of the former monastery of San Pietro in Montorio, built on the Janiculum hill at the behest of Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon, the Catholic Monarchs, between 1481 and 1500.

The convent is part of the Trastevere district and the Tempietto de Bramante, which is part of the complex, is undoubtedly its most famous architectural work.[2]

History

The Academy was created at the initiative of politician and man of letters Emilio Castelar.[3]

The headquarters at the former convent of San Pedro in Montorio was inaugurated in 1881, during the reign of Alfonso XII, when its director was José Casado del Alisal, who had succeeded the first director, the famous painter Eduardo Rosales (who had never occupied the position due to poor health[4]). The convent had been abandoned shortly after the capture of Rome and recognized as a Spanish government property: Spain already claimed ownership for its foundation, and the Italian state had already begun the recognition of this right during the brief reign of Amedeo I of Spain (son of Victor Emmanuel II and founder of the Savoy-Aosta branch) although the final cession was not until 1876.[5]

It was during his tenure at the Academy that Francisco Padilla painted The Surrender of Granada (1882), and generally speaking the institution was often directed by famous artists, historians, and writers such as Vicente Palmaroli, Mariano Benlliure, Ramón María del Valle-Inclán, and Antonio Blanco Freijeiro, among others.[6]

See also

  • Spanish Academy of Fine Arts in Rome, also founded in 1873.
  • Spanish School of Archaeology and History in Rome, established in 1910.

References

  1. ↑ Soto Cano, Maria (2014). "La Academia de España en Roma y la Renovación escultórica española". El arte español entre Roma y París (siglos xviii y xix). Madrid: Luis Sazatornil Ruiz y Frédéric Jiméno. pp. 145–168.
  2. ↑ Cantatore, Flavia (2017). Il tempietto di Bramante nel monastero di San Pietro in Montorio. Roma: Edizioni Quasar. ISBN 978-88-7140-815-6.
  3. ↑ Debate, El (2022-06-15). "La Academia de España en Roma, el primer edificio fuera de España declarado Bien de Interés Cultural". El Debate (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-08-19.
  4. ↑ "Rosales, Eduardo". Fundación Maria Cristina Masaveu Peterson (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2023-08-09.
  5. ↑ "Historia" (in Spanish). Accademia Spagna. Retrieved 2023-08-09.
  6. ↑ "Directores". www.accademiaspagna.org (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2023-08-09.
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