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The Ministry of Education and Culture MEC through the National Cultural Heritage Commission declared the works of the architect Rafael Lorente Escudero for the Ancap refinery as Historical Monuments. We are honoring those who conceived it those who built it those who protected it and those who cared for it over time said the head of the portfolio Pablo da Silveira.The activity took place at the Ancap refinery in the La Teja neighborhood of Montevideo and was headed in addition to Da Silveira by the president of the state company Alejandro Stipanicic the director of the Nations Cultural Heritage Commission William Rey and relatives of the architect Rafael Lorente Escudero.The Minister of Education and Culture highlighted the work of the architect Lorente and said that this recognition honors Uruguayans from a time when the construction of a building in addition to solving needs was considered an opportunity to add value to the urban and the culture.Da Silveira added that the characteristics of the property and its quality mark a historical and architectural moment and that there is a community that cares for the good so Ancap is aware of the heritage value of its facilities and will assume that value as its own.For his part the head of the entity indicated that the recognition is fair and deserved and values Ancaps rich history. Likewise he highlighted the time when the infrastructure was built when Uruguay was appreciated as a small great model country.The set of works declared a historical monument includes the fire station offices pump room management laboratories steam power plant and chapel. This building was designed and built in the 1930s on the premises of the Ancap company.Modern architecture in UruguayThree years after the creation of Ancap in 1931 work began on the installation of the refinery in La Teja which became one of the first achievements of modern architecture in Uruguay conceived for the most part by Rafael Lorente Squire.The refinery consists of six white sober and forceful buildings which are integrated into the physical landscape in affinity with the dock and the oil tanker as expressed in the resolution of the National Cultural Heritage Commission.In addition he subscribes that in this set of works architectures handled with skill by the author are manifested who through his own gestures combines elements of the expressionist repertoire rationalism and Dutch expressionism as well as collecting suggestions from the landscape itself associated with the nautical universe .
