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Last 18th October, the Valentín de Madriaga-MP
Foundation´s new headquarters was inaugurated in the US Pavillon
of the Ibero-American Exposition in 1929. The building was transferred
by the Seville County Council.
The mayor of Seville, Mr Alfredo Sanchez Monteseirín inaugurated
and visited the MP Corporation’s Contemporary Art Collection and
the first phase of the building’s restoration project to convert
it into the Foundation’s headquarters. The building is also to house
works of the MP´s collection featuring nature and the environment.
The mayor was accompanied by Mr Gonzalo and Mr Valentín de Madariaga
as well as the gallery director, Pepe Cobo.
The event, at which members of the Foundation’s Council were present,
was also attended by figures from Seville´s business and cultural
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 worlds, as
well as managers from different MP Corporation departments.
The Pavillon is in an ideal location within Seville, in an emblematic area. It
is positioned at a crossroads between three main roads: Maria Luisa avenue, La
Palmera avenue and Paseo de las Delicias and lies within the triangle formed
by San Telmo Palace (headquarters for the President of the Governnent of Andalusia),
the Maria Luisa Park and the University of Seville. Such a special location would
appear to require that the building acts as more than a mere site for an Institution
and Art Collection, despite the uniqueness and admirable purpose of this.
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