The residence-hall "La Cristalera" is the teaching and meeting center that the Autonoma University of Madrid makes use of since 1989. It is located in Miraflores de la Sierra, a small village in the North of Madrid. Many meetings are held in "La Cristalera" all along the year, and it is the central office of the Seminars of the "Aula Vicente Aleixandre" that the University organizes during the summer.