Reial Academia De Medicina De Catalunya

The Reial Academia de Medicina de Catalunya (Royal Academy of Medicine of Catalonia), founded in 1770, has its headquarters in this building – a part of the original site of the Hospital de la Santa Creu – in Barcelona (Carrer del Carme, 47), since 19291.

The building had been previously the seat of the Reial Collegi de Cirurgìa de Barcelona (Royal College of Surgeons of Barcelona) – which had built the beautiful 18th century anatomical theatre2 – and then of the School of Medicine of the University of Barcelona, in which Santiago Ramon y Cajal was professor of Histology from 1887 to 1892 (as remembered by a marble tablet on the facade).

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  • Photos by ti.supmacinu|ihgrob.l#ihgroB acuL (September 2011)

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Alexander Fleming Memorial

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Jaume Ferran I Clua's Bust

This imposing marble bust of Jaume Ferran i Clua can be seen in the entrance hall of the Reial Academia...

Sala Gimbernat

The Gimbernat Hall was the old anatomical theatre of the Reial Collegi de Cirurgìa de Barcelona (Royal College of Surgeons...

Santiago Ramon Y Cajal's Memorial Tablet

This marble tablet, remembering the teaching of Santiago Ramon y Cajal in this building, has been placed on the right...
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