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Regional Archive
It is the center which houses the documents generated by the government and the administration of the Community of Madrid, as well as its predecessor’s institutions, which are in the stages of intermediate file and archive.
They can enter the Regional Archive historical funds those
municipalities that request. Regional File with Leguina Joaquin
Regional Library, are located in the old brewery "The Eagle" in
Arganzuela district of Madrid. The building was constructed between
1912 and 1914 according to plans by architect Eugenio Jiménez
Corera and extended later by Luis Sainz de los Terreros. Currently
houses the library and also the Regional Archive Madrid.
In 1994, the Community of Madrid began proceedings to recover the
complex, announcing public a design competition in which they won
the architects Emilio Tuñón Alvarez and Luis Moreno Mansilla. The
10th December 2002 Regional Library opened. A few
months later, on April
28, 2003, it opened the file. Both institutions are dependent of
the Ministry of the Arts. The library was given the name "Joaquin
Leguina" in memory of the first president who had the autonomous
community of Madrid.