Workers' University of Córdoba (Spain)
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The Workers’ University of Córdoba (Universidad Laboral de Córdoba) was inaugurated on the 5th of November 1956 under the name of Onésimo Redondo in Córdoba
, Spain
. Located at "km 395" of the old motorway to Madrid, its estate covers an area of over 20 hectares.
The Workers’ University consists of six colleges named after personalities from the city of Córdoba: San Rafael, Luis de Góngora
, Juan de Mena
, Gran Capitán, San Álvaro and San Alberto Magno. There are workshops for professional training, theory classrooms, dining halls, a logistics centre with a bakery, laundry and maintenance services, as well as sports facilities including a running track, swimming pools, gyms and accommodation for teaching staff.
Among the premises of the Workers’ University, the main hall stands out, where offices, the Secretary and the church are located.
In 1981 it was transformed into the Centre for Integral Studies (Centro de Estudios Integrados CEI), and later into two secondary level teaching institutions: the I.E.S. Gran Capitán and the I.E.S. Alhaken II.
Among the hundreds of lecturers and the thousands of students of the University during its thirty years of operating we remember:
and the first rugby
pitch in Córdoba.
Córdoba, Spain
-History:The first trace of human presence in the area are remains of a Neanderthal Man, dating to c. 32,000 BC. In the 8th century BC, during the ancient Tartessos period, a pre-urban settlement existed. The population gradually learned copper and silver metallurgy...
, Spain
Spain
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. Located at "km 395" of the old motorway to Madrid, its estate covers an area of over 20 hectares.
The Workers’ University consists of six colleges named after personalities from the city of Córdoba: San Rafael, Luis de Góngora
Luis de Góngora
Luis de Góngora y Argote was a Spanish Baroque lyric poet. Góngora and his lifelong rival, Francisco de Quevedo, are widely considered to be the most prominent Spanish poets of their age. His style is characterized by what was called culteranismo, also known as Gongorism...
, Juan de Mena
Juan de Mena
Juan de Mena was one of the most significant Spanish poets of the fifteenth century. He was highly regarded at the court of Juan II de Castilla, who appointed him veinticuatro of Córdoba, secretario de cartas latinas and cronista real...
, Gran Capitán, San Álvaro and San Alberto Magno. There are workshops for professional training, theory classrooms, dining halls, a logistics centre with a bakery, laundry and maintenance services, as well as sports facilities including a running track, swimming pools, gyms and accommodation for teaching staff.
Among the premises of the Workers’ University, the main hall stands out, where offices, the Secretary and the church are located.
In 1981 it was transformed into the Centre for Integral Studies (Centro de Estudios Integrados CEI), and later into two secondary level teaching institutions: the I.E.S. Gran Capitán and the I.E.S. Alhaken II.
Among the hundreds of lecturers and the thousands of students of the University during its thirty years of operating we remember:
- Francisco Zueras Torréns, painter, muralist, writer and scholar.
- José Luis García Pantaleón, veterinarian and biologist.
- Santiago Pérez Gago (Father Gago), educator and linguist.
- Padre Naranjo, educator
- Ricardo Cuadrado Tapias, Father Richard.
- Juan Antonio Olmo Cascos, student of the ‘11th Promotion I.’ Technician and creator of the website http://www.laboraldecordoba.es
- Antonio Colinas, student for three years and poet.
- Desiderio Vaquerizo Gil, student for three years, lecturer, writer and novelist.
- Ramón Garrido Palomo, student for three years, paediatrician, chair of the Medical School of Ciudad Real and chair of the Autonomous Council of Medical Schools of Castile-La-Mancha.
Sports
The old Workers’ University, nowadays Rabanales Campus of Córdoba University, had among its sports facilities the first air-conditioned indoor competition swimming poolSwimming pool
A swimming pool, swimming bath, wading pool, or simply a pool, is a container filled with water intended for swimming or water-based recreation. There are many standard sizes; the largest is the Olympic-size swimming pool...
and the first rugby
Rugby football
Rugby football is a style of football named after Rugby School in the United Kingdom. It is seen most prominently in two current sports, rugby league and rugby union.-History:...
pitch in Córdoba.