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The Infantry Academy (ACINF) is a military training center of the Spanish Army located in the city of Toledo. The center is responsible for providing basic training, specialization and training for officers and non-commissioned officers of the infantry branch of the Spanish Army.
The Infantry Academy was established in 1846 in Toledo, where history is ever present – back then it was known as the General Military College. Today the Academy is fully integrated into the town and is an integral part of it by virtue of its good work, knowhow, experience and daily work over 170 years.
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The Infantry Academy (ACINF) is a military training center of the Spanish Army located in the city of Toledo. The center is responsible for providing basic training, specialization and training for officers and non-commissioned officers of the infantry branch of the Spanish Army.
The academy was created with the name of Infantry College in Toledo, in 1850. The October 17 of 1875, after having been temporarily transferred to Madrid, settled in the Alcázar of Toledo. It disappeared in 1882 to be absorbed by the newly created Military Academy, but returned to constitute like Academy of Infantry when the General Military Academy was dissolved in 1893.
At the end of the war, the Infantry Academy was provisionally installed in Zaragoza, at the building of the Military General Academy, and in Guadalajara, San Diego de Alcalá Foundation headquarters. From 1948 - 1949, the course returned to Toledo, to a new building, which was the work of the military engineers Lieutenant Colonel Manuel Carrasco Cadenas, Lieutenant Colonel Arturo Ureña Escario andnd Lieutenant Colonel Julio Hernández García. The building, constructed in Neo-Renaissance and Neo-Herrerian style, harmonizes well with the Alcázar, located just in front.
Alcázar de Toledo Ofrece un recorrido por la Historia del Colegio y Academia de Infantería a través de una colección de los uniformes de sus Cadetes y Alumnos desde 1809 hasta la actualidad y de una colección de banderas que pertenecieron a la Academia de Infantería, entre las que se encuentra la que ondeó en el Colegio de Infantería en ...
24 ott 2019 · At the age of 14 he entered the military's Toledo Infantry Academy, earning the rank of second lieutenant by 17. Nicknamed "Franquito" because of his short stature and delicate voice, he...
8 mag 2024 · Like four generations and his elder brother before him, Franco was originally destined for a career as a naval officer, but reduction of admissions to the Naval Academy forced him to choose the army. In 1907, only 14 years old, he entered the Infantry Academy at Toledo, graduating three years later.
Born in Galicia, the son of a naval paymaster, Franco was educated at the Toledo Infantry Academy before entering the army in 1910. Serving mainly in Morocco (1910–27), he achieved the rank of general and was appointed director of the Saragossa Military Academy in 1927.
