Preventive warning for PM10 pollution deactivated
The stations belonging to the Atmospheric Pollution Monitoring and Forecast Network have recorded a drop in levels of particulate matter (PM10), allowing the warning to be deactivated.
A total of 1,322 refugees, the subterranean city for surviving aerial bombings
Books. Presentation of the book on Tuesday, 6 June, at 6.30 pm, at the La Model’s function room (Entença, 155).
International Archives Week returns
Culture and free time. The Municipal Archive of Barcelona is offering an array of free activities from 5 to 11 June.
Visit our stand on Passeig de Gràcia, between C. Corsica and C. Rosselló.
Fairs. Once again this year, Barcelona City Council is setting up a Sant Jordi stand to showcase new publications, offering them for sale with a 10% discount.
‘La Barcelona que mai va ser’ [The Barcelona that Never Was]
Books. The book tells the story of the five years of struggle, and the projects that would have transformed the city had war not broken out.
Barcelona unveils the plaque in Rosalind Franklin's square
Women and science. The public space recognises the work of the London chemist and crystallographer, who played a key role in the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA and in the advancement of science.
Barcelona dedicates gardens to the ecologist Ramon Margalef
Montjuïc. From now on, the Jardí d'Aclimatació, one of the city’s most interesting botanical sites, located in Parc de Montjuïc, is to be named after the ecologist Ramon Margalef i López (1919-2004).
We present the second ‘Barcelona, Memòria en Vinyetes’ comic: Rebel·lió: La vaga de lloguers del 1931
Books. Its authors are Francisco Sánchez and Ana Sainz «Anapurna» and the publication will be presented on Monday, 20 March, at the Biblioteca Francesc Candel.
A museum dedicated to the history of housing in 20th-century Barcelona
Exhibitions. The MUHBA Bon Pastor opens its doors, a museum of one of the cheap houses in this working-class neighbourhood.
The MUHBA turns 80 with a revamp
The Museu d’Història de Barcelona will be inaugurating up to eight revamped or expanded sites in the coming months.
The book series "Barcelona, Memory in Comic Drawings" makes its debut with a comic about La Model
Books. The main aim of the series is to explain the most important protest movements through comics.
A plan to regain the route and historical memory of the Rec Comtal
Urban planning and infrastructures. The water channel supplied the city for a thousand years.
‘Barcelona, gener de 1939. La caiguda’ [Barcelona, January 1939. The Fall]
Books. An exhaustive and richly documented study that includes photographs and unpublished documents form the time of Franco's occupation of Barcelona.
The Llibre de les fonts brings back a 17th-century manuscript kept at the Historic Archives
Books. The Book of Fountains. Water, climate and society in 17th-century Barcelona. A book published jointly with Editorial Afers that brings back and analyses a manuscript commissioned by the Consell de Cent.
Square in El Putxet i el Farró to be named after Antoni Tàpies
Urban planning. The changes in the street name index also include more women’s names for streets and squares in the city.
New permanent exhibition at La Model to explain its future transformation
La Model. La Model houses a new permanent exhibition with details on how the site is to be transformed into a hub for facilities, housing and a large city park while maintaining its heritage and historical memory.
‘Barxiluna: a (forgotten) Muslim past and present’ is coming this October
Islam. Start of activities with the ‘History and Heritage’ round table and debate on 13 October at 5.30 pm.
La Model to become a hub for facilities and a large green space
Urban planning. The first projects to be implement will be an all-through school, a multi-purpose sports hall, the energy supply system and the memorial space.
More city streets and squares named after women
Street names. The Barcelona Street Naming Commission today approved the introduction of five women’s names for streets and squares.
Three schools join the Stolpersteine project to remember those deported by the Nazis
Democratic memory. The nine memorial cobblestones will be laid in front of the homes of each person they pay homage to.
Protecting the city’s historical, environmental and popular heritage
The plan is set out in the government measure “Barcelona, Heritage City”, which is to be presented before the Full Council in its meeting of 29 April.
More city streets to be named after women
Street names. The changes in the street name index also seek to regain popular names used by local people in the city’s neighbourhoods.
Barceloneta’s seafront to bear the name of Oriol Bohigas
Oriol Bohigas. The architect was a leading figure in urban planning in the city and the process to open it up to the sea, as well as the way Barcelona was presented to the world during the Olympic Games in 1992.
Oriol Bohigas to have a square or street named after him in Barcelona
Urban planning. The announcement was made during the act of homage for the architect, who would have been 96.
Remembering Antonio Machado’s ties with Barcelona
Democratic memory. A new commemorative plaque has been installed at the Mercat de Canyelles.
Remembering Sonia Rescalvo Zafra
LGBTI. Ceremony to mark thirty years since the death of Sonia Rescalvo Zafra, the transsexual woman murdered by a fascist group in 1991.
“Memory: absences and presences”, the LGBTI Centre’s new programme of activities
We look back at some of the most decisive spaces and stages in the evolution of the LGTBI movement, and pay tribute to the contributions made by different key figures.
Goobye Reis Catòlics, welcome Elisa Moragas
Democratic memory. The change to the name of this street in Vallvidrera pays tribute to the teacher born in 1927.
Marta Marín-Dómine, the new director of the El Born Centre de Cultura i Memòria
Democratic memory. Up to now she had been running the Laurier’s Centre for Memory and Testimony Studies in Canada and had been a lecturer at a university in that country.
Commemoration of the Great Gypsy Round-up of 1749
Historical Memory. Ceremony to unveil an information panel and a talk on 30 July, at the Convent de Sant Agustí community centre.
Working group to introduce LGBTI democratic memory in the city
LGBTI. A working group will be set up on LGBTI democratic memory.
An activity cycle to stand up for housing rights movements
Democratic memory. The main activities in the cycle include the installation of plaques and information panels, routes and itineraries, debates, exhibitions, community art displays, murals and the publication of works.
Plaça de Sonia Rescalvo Zafra
The entire square located inside Parc de la Ciutadella and housing the bandstand where Sonia Rescalvo Zafra was murdered will be named after her.
Barcelona to host the International Archive Congress 2025
Archives. The event should bring together over 3,000 people specialising in archives, record management and data management.
Memorial plaque for Joan Brossa and Pepa Llopis
Culture and free time. The commemorative plaque was installed at the house where the poet and the cultural activist lived as a couple.
A photographic stroll through everyday tales of Barcelona people, with ‘Relats Revelats’
Photography. The exhibition for people to discover the photographic collections of the district archives will be on at various community centres over the course of 2021.
Shield for Juan Carlos I removed from the obelisk in Plaça del Cinc d’Oros
Democratic memory. The removal of the shield comes within the context of the commemoration of the 90th anniversary of the proclamation of the Second Republic.
Three information panels to regain the memory of the republican Barcelona
Democratic memory. Commemorative information panels have been set up at three city spaces created during the Second Republic.
Community activist Emília Llorca gets a street named after her in Barceloneta
Feminism and women. The former Carrer de l’Almirall Aixada now bears the name of the founder of the Associació de Veïns de l’Òstia.
The Republican Spring 2021 reaches all ten city districts
Democratic memory. The city’s districts host various activities from 13 to 18 April to mark the proclamation of the Second Republic.
Memorial for the feminist and environmentalist struggle of Berta Cáceres
Berta Cáceres memorial. The lectern was installed at a ceremony to mark International Women’s Day in the district of Sant Martí.
‘The City of Shelters’: a journey around the underground Barcelona of the Spanish Civil war
Democratic memory. The new website documents 1,322 air-raid shelters using an interactive map.
More names of significant women in public spaces
Feminism. Six outstanding women form the fields of teaching, literature and medicine will give their names to streets and squares in the city.
‘Women Photographers in Barcelona’, an exhibition in front of El Born CCM
Feminism and women. The exhibition ‘Women Photographers in Barcelona’ is on in front of El Born CCM until June.
‘Model, batega!’, the winning project to transform the former prison
Urban planning. The priority is to open up space for use by local people, preserve historical memory and create public housing, new facilities and a park.
Homage to the 17th August victims
City Council. A minute’s silence and a wreath in memory of all the victims of the 2017 terrorist attack along the Rambla.
The Great Gypsy Round-Up and the Porajmos, the Roma people’s silenced history
Commemoration. Screenings and conferences on 30 July at The Born Cultural Centre.
Gold medals for civic merit to the Ravensbrück and Mauthausen friends’ societies
Democratic memory. This year marks the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps.
Building a collective memory of the lockdown with a participatory documentary collection
The goal is also to enable city residents to leave behind a record of what in a few years’ time will be worth remembering, going beyond what the media or official sources say.