Arturo Mélida, architect of the Congress of Deputies: works, projects and attributions
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Arturo Mélida was one of the most interesting artists in the last third of the XIXth century. He also served as architect of the Congress of Deputies carrying out a series of works of singular relevance. The purpose of this paper is to review the artist´s previous relationship with the Chamber and, above all, the years he worked as architect, to try to highlight his works and also analyze a possible attribution: the display cabinet for the Torrijos´ letter. In addition, it aims to point out the importance of a document, subsequently approved by the Internal Government Commission, in which he attempted to establish a regime for the position he had been occupying, with the purpose of granting him more autonomy and control over the interventions undertaken in the building.
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