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La Fundación Reina Sofía “Amotinado Mayor” de las Fiestas del Motín de Aranjuez
La Fundación Reina Sofía ha sido reconocida por el Ayuntamiento de Aranjuez el 15 de julio de 2026 con el título honorífico de Amotinado Mayor de las Fiestas del Motín 2026. Este título honorífico se destina a personas o entidades públicas que hayan destacado por la defensa de las libertades democráticas o por su labor en apoyo de los más desfavorecidos, a través de acciones en las que impere la solidaridad, la cooperación y la justicia social.
The Alzheimer Project overcame society’s indiference."
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H.M. Queen Sofia’s Office started the planning stage, seeking information regarding advances on every aspect of the disease.
January: The first meetings, chaired by H.M. the Queen were held with highest-level representatives of the country’s three administrations: central, autonomous and local.
June:H.M. the Queen visited several building sites in Madrid, finally choosing one in the Vallecas district.
June:A restricted call for tenders was launched for awarding the architectural project.
October:The project presented by Estudio Lamela Architects won the tender
December:H.M. the Queen and the Mayor of Madrid, Mr. José Mª Alvarez del Manzano, signed the transfer of the building site to the Queen Sofia Foundation.
December:Their Majesties King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia presented the Alzheimer Project to Spanish society, in the course of a reception held at El Pardo Palace on 17 December, 2002.
From April to June several experts met to develop the base design and the working project.
April:The working group presented their final conclusions to H.M. the Queen at the Estudio Lamela.
February:The Queen Sofia Foundation, the Ministry of Work and Social Affairs and the Ministry of Health and Consumer Affairs signed a Program Agreement for building the Alzheimer Centre.
June:Once the building license was granted and after several months’ requesting and considering bids, the building contract was awarded to the firm Rayet.
July:Start of the first earthmoving works at the Vallecas site.
September:1st Symposium on Advances in Research on Alzheimer’s Disease.
October:Placing of the Centre’s foundation stone in the presence of H.M. the Queen.
February:Signature of a Collaboration Agreement between the Mutua Madrileña Medical Research Foundation and the Queen Sofia Foundation for building the Centre and financing research programs.
September:2nd Symposium on Advances in Research on Alzheimer’s Disease.
December:Signature of a Collaboration Agreement between the Madrid Autonomous Government and the Queen Sofia Foundation for the management and equipment of the Centre.
January:Signature of an Agreement between the Research Centre for Neurological Diseases Foundation and the Queen Sofia Foundation for the management of the Alzheimer Project’s Research Unit.
January:Addenda to the Collaboration Agreement between the Mutua Madrileña Medical Research Foundation and the Queen Sofia Foundation for the equipment of the Research Unit and the Centre’s domotics system.
September:3rd Symposium on Advances in Research on Alzheimer’s Disease.
January:Agreement for the transfer of the Alzheimer Centre by the Queen Sofia Foundation to the Department for the Family and Social Affairs, except the Research Unit.
January:Agreement for the transfer of the Research Unit to the Research Centre for Neurological Diseases Foundation.
March:Their Majesties the Queen and Queen of Spain officially opened the Alzheimer Centre.
June: Three months after starting up the premises, staff and patient selection, the first inmates began to be admitted to the Centre.
September:4th Symposium on Advances in Research on Alzheimer’s Disease.
June:Candidates are chosen from the 1st Call for Research Projects.
September:5th Symposium on Advances in Research on Alzheimer’s Disease.
July:Candidates are chosen from the 2nd Call for Research Projects.
September:6th Symposium on Advances in Research on Alzheimer’s Disease.
October:Signature of Agreement for the creation of the Consortium “International Year of Research on Alzheimer 2011”.
September:7th. Symposium on Advances in Research on Alzheimer’s Disease.
May:The Queen Sofia Foundation signs an agreement to run the “Memory Bank” campaign.
September:The World Summit on Advances in Research on Alzheimer’s Disease, chaired by H.M. the Queen, was held at the Congress and Exhibitions Palace in Madrid.
May: The Queen Sofia Foundation agreed to spend 2.100.000 Euros in research projects on Alzheimer’s Disease.
June:The Queen Sofia Foundation released another 271.000 Euros for research projects by the Alzheimer Centre’s Research Unit.
June:Planning starts for the creation of a National Research Centre on Alzheimer’s Disease.
September:8th Symposium on Advances in Research on Alzheimer’s Disease.
Volunteers’ day. Vallecas Project for the Early Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease
First International Symposium “Advances in Socio-sanitary Research on Alzheimer’s Disease”
Meeting of the follow-up committee of the Vallecas Project for the Early Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease
International Congress on Research and Innovation in Neurodegenerative Diseases, CIIIEN