Hospital Universitario de la Princesa

Lying on the block delimited by the streets of Diego de León, Conde de Peñalver, Maldonado and General Díaz Porlier,^[1] it was a project of Manuel Martínez Chumillas, who had been involved with the GATEPAC group during the Second Republic.^[2] Intending to replace the old Hospital de la Princesa built in the Paseo de Areneros (calle de Alberto Aguilera), it was inaugurated on 3 November 1955 under the name of Gran Hospital de la Beneficencia General del Estado.^[1] The building works lasted however until 1956.^[3] The hospital forms a 14-floor building complex.^[4] Starting from 100 at the time of its opening, the effective bed usage steadily grew, reaching 761 beds in 1959.^[1]

It was transferred from the State Administration to the regional administration of the Community of Madrid in 1985.^[1] It was finally renamed as Hospital Universitario de la Princesa in 1994.^[1] As of 2020 it has a capacity of 564 beds.^[5]

Citations

Bibliography

• M. Chumillas, Manuel (1956). "Hospital de la Beneficiencia" (PDF). Revista Nacional de Arquitectura: 3–10. ISSN 0211-3376.
• Pieltáin Álvarez-Arenas, Alberto (2003). Los hospitales de Franco: la versión autóctona de una arquitectura moderna (PDF). Madrid: Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.
• Sánchez, Mayka (31 December 2007). "Siglo y medio de Princesa". El País.

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