Congreso Patrimonio

The Congress will take place on the Campus of the Arms Factory of the University of Castilla-La Mancha (Toledo). The sessions will take place in the "Envases de Cartón" (Cardboard Packaging) auditorium, an assembly hall inaugurated in 2010 with capacity for 588 people that has all the technical facilities and is adapted for disabled people. The coffee service and work lunch will be offered in the outdoor area conditioned according to the weather and located in front of the main conference room.

It also has annexed classrooms of different sizes.

ACCESS PLAN TO THE WEAPONS FACTORY

The former Fábrica de Armas de Toledo, declared an Asset of Cultural Interest, is the location chosen for the Congress. It is characterised by one of the best preserved and highest quality examples of industrial architecture built in Spain in the last two centuries.

The Sabatini Palace is the main construction and the origin of this site, being a rectangular building, with a palace typology; it is distributed in two bodies with a large courtyard in each of them separated by a bay.

Other notable constructions that also form part of the Historic Site of the factory are:

  • The chapel of Santa Bárbara.
  • The Torre del Agua building, located within what is now the University Campus, was an old water tank. It currently houses the sculptural work of Cristina Iglesias, a tribute to the Tagus River and the city of Toledo.
  • The Azumel Hydroelectric Power Station, located on the right bank of the river, supplied electricity to the factory.
  • The Polvorines Footbridge (the current one replaced an earlier one that was demolished by a flood), which linked the Arms Factory with the left bank of the river, where the Polvorines were located.
  • Canal de Carlos III, with a length of several hundred metres, running underground, parallel to the river, appearing at the back of the Sabatini building.

The Old Toledo Arms Factory (18th century) currently houses the Technological Campus of the University of Castilla-La Mancha.


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