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The infrastructure area of FCC, has developed important projects for the rehabilitation of singular buildings. The rehabilitation and integral extension of the National Court in Madrid, the rehabilitation of the Casón del Buen Retiro, the Torre Arias palace, the House of the Bakery in the Plaza Mayor in Madrid and the integral rehabilita - tion of the Palacio de Cibeles, the new headquarters of the Madrid City Hall, one of the most emble - matic buildings in Madrid. As cultural projects, highlights the Audit of León, the MUSAC of the same city, the Museum of Arts and Sciences of Valencia and the German School of Madrid. FCC Construcción, specialist in singular rehabilitation the palatial tower, giving way to new Baroque decorative motifs, such as the opening that represents the coat of arms of Santiago and the coats of arms of the Kingdom of León. The building ceased to function as a convent in 1836, and although the Leonese City Council was about to demolish it around 1875, it finally did not have to give up its artistic herita - ge in its uses as a prison, where the writer Francisco de Quevedo stayed for four years; Institute of Secondary Education; house for missionaries and correction of ecclesiastics; dio - cese; veterinary school; prison hos - pital; offices of the General Staff of the Seventh Army Corps; military pri - son; deputation; or as a dependen - cy of the Ministry of War, Finance or Education. Few hotels have such a historical legacy within their walls. It was not until 1965 when this encla - ve began to form part of the tourist and hotel offerings of the city, when it began to be considered as one of the hallmarks of local architecture, in an attempt to promote tourism around the Camino de Santiago, which had been decimated in previous decades by the political regime of the time, even leading San Marcos to serve as a concentration camp during the Civil War. After decades at the servi - ce of society, it ceased its activity in 2017 to recover the original volume - try in connection with new forms and proportions. T H E P L A C E 53 T H E P L A C E