Rafael Mitjana y Ardison : Arquitecto malagueño (1795-1849)
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Universidad de Málaga. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras
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Rafael Mitjana y Ardison es uno de los arquitectos malagueños menos conocidos, y a su
vez afamados por su responsabilidad en la erección de un monumento de enorme presencia
ciudadana como es el dedicado al general Torrijos. En este artículo se desgrana su biografía,
que nos revela a un personaje inquieto, bien implantado en la sociedad de su época y cuya
actividad como arquitecto fue enormemente diversificada dentro de la práctica académica y
clasicista imperante en su época. Sus actividades empresariales privadas, sus aportaciones a
la cartografía, a la difusión del conocimiento o al avance de la técnica, nos desvelan a un
profesional de sólida formación artística a la vez que técnica que no se sustrajo a implicarse en
la pujante actividad económica iniciada en Málaga a partir del primer tercio del siglo XIX.
Rafael Mitjana and Ardison is one of the less known architects from Málaga, and, on the other hand, one of the most renowned for his responsibility in the raising of the monument devoted to General Torrijos, which has an enormous presence in the city life. In this article we try to analyse his biography, which reveals a restless personality belonging to the society of his time, with an academic activity as architect very different from the classical art at that moment. His private business activities, his contribution to Cartography and diffusion of knowledge or advance in Technology reveal a professional with a form technical and artistic education, really implicated in the vigorous economic activity in Málaga during the first thirty years of the XXth century.
Rafael Mitjana and Ardison is one of the less known architects from Málaga, and, on the other hand, one of the most renowned for his responsibility in the raising of the monument devoted to General Torrijos, which has an enormous presence in the city life. In this article we try to analyse his biography, which reveals a restless personality belonging to the society of his time, with an academic activity as architect very different from the classical art at that moment. His private business activities, his contribution to Cartography and diffusion of knowledge or advance in Technology reveal a professional with a form technical and artistic education, really implicated in the vigorous economic activity in Málaga during the first thirty years of the XXth century.
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RODRÍGUEZ MARÍN, FRANCISCO JOSÉ "Rafael Mitjana y Ardison : Arquitecto malagueño (1795-1849)" Baetica, 28 (1), 2006, 109-144









