Francisco Almenar
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27 July 1876
Francisco Almenar | |
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 General View of the Automobile Pavilion, next to the Circo Theater in 1909 | |
| Born | Francisco Almenar Quinzá 27 July 1876 Valencia, Spain |
| Died | 7 March 1936 (aged 59) Valencia, Spain |
| Citizenship | Spanish |
| Occupation(s) | Architect, Sports leader
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| Known for | 11th President of Valencia CF |
| 12th President of Valencia CF | |
| In office 7 August 1933 – 10 June 1934 | |
| Preceded by | Adolfo Royo |
| Succeeded by | Adolfo Royo |
| 15th President of Valencia CF | |
| In office 3 November 1935 – 7 March 1936 | |
| Preceded by | Luis Casanova Giner |
| Succeeded by | Luis Casanova Giner |
Francisco Almenar Quinzá (27 July 1876 – 7 March 1936) was a Spanish architect and sports leader who served as the 11th president of football club Valencia CF between 1933 and 1936.
Francisco Almenar was born on 27 July 1876 in Valencia, as the son of Bernardo Almenar Llácer and Rosario Quinzá Birgón. He married one of the daughters of the architect Antonio Martorell Trilles.[1]
Almenar completed his high school studies in Valencia, moving to Barcelona in 1893 where he studied architecture at the Barcelona School of Architecture, graduating on 27 April 1904.[1][2]
Architect career
Upon his return to Valencia, Almenar became an architect for the State, designing several important works in the city, such as the Pavilion for Agriculture and Industry and the Automobile Pavilion, the Circus Theater, and the Great Entrance Arch, all for the Valencia Regional Exhibition in 1909, after which they were all demolished.[1][2][3]
Almenar also designed two performance halls that have not survived to this day, the Teatro Martí in 1915 located on the current Paseo de Ruzafa (formerly Pi y Margall) and the Gran Teatro (later Rex cinema) from 1923, located on Marqués de Sotelo Avenue no. 6 and which was demolished in 2003.[1] Between January and May 1923, he oversaw the construction works of the Mestalla Stadium, the field where Valencia CF played.[1][2] He directed the works of the Dominican Church[4] on Cirilo Amorós Street in Valencia, executing the project of Joaquín María Arnau Miramón, who died before the church was built.[3] He intervened with Javier Goerlich in the Banco de Valencia[5] building and with José Cort Botí in the Casa de la Caridad.[3]
His work is also the building he built on Játiva Street for the Hotel Metropol.[2] He designed several garages in the city, and various residential buildings, such as the Casa Ernesto Ferrer, in the town hall square.[2][3]
On 29 December 1906, Almenar was appointed academic of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Carlos de Valencia.[1][2]